HC Deb 15 November 1989 vol 160 cc324-5W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the effect the measures listed in paragraph 4 of "An Evolutionary Approach to Economic and Monetary Union" will have on output and employment in manufacturing industry in the United Kingdom.

Mr. Norman Lamont

Stage 1 of economic and monetary union as described in the Delors report will increase freedom of trade and create many opportunities for manufacturing industry to expand its output and employment.