HC Deb 09 February 1994 vol 237 cc241-2W
Mr. Kilfoyle

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer who are the members currently appointed to the Royal Mint advisory committee.

Mr. Nelson

The members of the Royal Mint advisory committee are as follows:

HRH The Duke of Edinburgh (President)

Roger de L. Holmes, Deputy Master of the

Performance against Maastricht convergence criteria
Latest inflation1 Budget balance2 General government debt3 Long-term bond yield4
Belgium 2.4 -7.4 139.1 6.6
Denmark 1.5 -4.4 80.2 6.2
France 2.1 -5.9 58.3 5.9
Germany5 3.4 -4.2 50.8 5.9
Greece 11.1 -15.4 111.3 n/a
Ireland 1.5 -3.0 93.7 6.4
Italy 4.0 -10.0 116.2 8.4
Luxembourg 3.6 -2.5 8.9 6.6
Netherlands 1.7 -4.0 83.4 5.8
Portugal 6.6 -8.9 65.8 9.1
Spain 4.9 -7.2 53.8 8.0
United Kingdom 1.9 -7.6 51.8 6.5
1 Latest percentage change in consumer prices on year ago.
2 Estimate of 1993 general government financial balance (as a percentage of GDP).
3 Estimate of 1993 gross debt of general government (as a percentage of GDP).
4 Yield on 10 year government securities on 7 February 1994.
5 Inflation figures are for western Germany.

Source: OECD and European Commission.

The convergence criteria are:

a high degree of price stability, as measured by consumer price inflation over one year being within 1½ percentage points of, at most, the three lowest inflation countries;

  • Royal Mint (Chairman)
  • Marchioness of Anglesey
  • Professor E. Arthur Bell
  • Dominic Cadbury
  • Sir Hugh Casson
  • Dr. Christopher Challis
  • Vincent Duggleby
  • Sir John Hale
  • Michael Harvey
  • Professor Bryan Kneale
  • John Porteous
  • Dr. Conrad Swan