HC Deb 09 March 1990 vol 168 c886W
Mr. Butler

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the impact on the future of the European monetary system of the absorption of the East German currency into the West German mark.

Mr. Ryder

Decisions on German monetary union have yet to be taken. The United Kingdom Government are watching developments with interest.

Mr. Teddy Taylor

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what progress has been made in fulfilling the conditions laid down by Her Majesty's Government for the United Kingdom's membership of the exchange rate mechanism of the European monetary system; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Lilley

I refer my hon. Friend to the answer that my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister gave him on 1 March,Official Report, column 276.