HC Deb 01 February 1990 vol 166 cc255-6W
Mr. Robertson

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer who will represent the Treasury at the economic and finance meetings of the Council of Ministers on 12 February, 12 March, 23 April, 11 June and 31 March; and what the agenda will be for each meeting.

Mr. Lilley

[holding answer 30 January 1990]: I or one of my fellow Treasury Ministers will be attending each of the meetings of the Economic and Finance Council. Agenda for these meetings are not fixed until shortly before they take place, but I would expect major topics of discussion over the coming months to include: economic and monetary union; the European bank for reconstruction and development; abolition of fiscal frontiers; revision of the financial perspectives for 1991 and 1992; and issues of budget discipline and management.