HC Deb 24 June 1999 vol 333 c465W
Mr. Hopkins

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the organisations represented on the joint working group with business representatives set up by the Paymaster General to examine EU tax reform; which representatives were invited from the accountancy profession; and if he will make a statement. [87988]

Dawn Primarolo

The joint Government-CBI Group on EU tax issues is an informal working group whose main purpose is to allow the Government to get the views of business on European tax matters. At the first meeting of the Group in March, the CBI's team consisted of senior CBI officials and representatives of major companies.