§ Mr. Llew SmithTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will raise the subject of the consequences of EU member states' attempts to meet the Maastricht convergence criteria at the EU Finance Council in Brussels on 11 December. [5647]
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeThe ECOFIN Council provisionally scheduled for 11 December was cancelled as work on preparation for the Madrid Council had been satisfactorily completed.