HC Deb 20 January 1989 vol 145 c358W
Sir Richard Body

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the main advantage to the United Kingdom of joining the exchange rate mechanism of the European monetary system.

Mr. Lilley

The United Kingdom will join the exchange rate mechanism of the European monetary system when the Government consider that the time is right and because of the advantages that it will bring to the conduct of anti-inflationary policy.