HC Deb 26 November 2001 vol 375 cc641-2W
Mr. Howard

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement listing the United Kingdom's progress in implementing each of the economic reform proposals agreed at the Lisbon Summit. [17741]

Ruth Kelly

The Government are committed to implementing the economic reform proposals agreed at the Lisbon Summit. We have made progress in numerous areas, including: an integrated and liberalised EU telecoms market; the e-Money Directive; research networks; the Small Firms Charter; the Multi-Annual Programme for Enterprise; and the legal framework for unbundling of the local shop. European economic reform will be the subject of a forthcoming White Paper, which will be published for the Spanish Presidency.