§ 54. Mr. Bendallasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will propose that the EEC Council of Ministers should hold a joint session with the EEC Finance Council to discuss the Franco-German monetary proposals issued after the Bremen conference on 7th July.
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§ Mr. JuddAs my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister told the House on 10th July, the European Council at Bremen specifically asked Finance Ministers at their meeting on 24th July to start work on guidelines for a possible European monetary scheme. At the Foreign Affairs Council meeting yesterday, we reviewed the follow-up to the European Council in general to check that all necessary steps were being taken. My right hon. Friend sees no reason to propose joint discussions between Foreign and Finance Ministers at this stage.