HC Deb 18 December 1996 vol 287 c666W
Mrs. Anne Campbell

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what tenders his Department has put out to convert its information technology systems to be euro-compliant; what are the cost and person hours required to convert the systems to handle the euro; and when he expects his Department's systems to he fully economic and monetary union compliant. [9455]

Mr. Bowis

The Department and agencies will need to assess the impact that a single currency would have on their information systems, whether or not the United Kingdom decides to participate in the third stage of economic and monetary union.