European Central Bank (Hansard, 25 November 1997)

HC Deb 25 November 1997 vol 301 c469W 469W

§ Mr. Mitchell
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer under what procedures and with which participants the appointment of office holders of the(a) governing council and (b) governing board, of the proposed European Central Bank will be made; what will be the principal functions of (a) and (b); and what factors determine who will be responsible for appointing office holders. [15310]

§ Mrs. Liddell
These arrangements are set out in Protocol No. 3 to the Maastricht Treaty (on the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank).