HC Deb 21 January 1999 vol 323 c542W
16. Mr. Laurence Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement on literature advising companies on the single European currency issued by his Department. [65206]

Mr. Wilson

The Government have produced a number of publications and specialist information relating to the introduction of the single European currency. The Euro Preparations Unit in HM Treasury has published a series of factsheets to help small and medium businesses prepare for the euro. To supplement this work, DTI has produced leaflets aimed specifically at exporters. My noble Friend, the Minister for Trade and Competitiveness in Europe wrote to 1.6 million small and medium companies last year to alert them to the need to prepare for the euro and to the information available from the Government.