Euro (Hansard, 2 November 2000)

HC Deb 02 November 2000 vol 355 c579W 579W

§ 23. Mr. Loughton
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much his Department has spent preparing small businesses for UK membership of the euro. [133913]

§ Mrs. Liddell
Nothing.

§ 25. Mr. Gill
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment he has made of the impact on the British economy of joining the euro. [133915]

§ Mrs. Liddell
The Government have set out five economic tests which will have to be met before any decision to join can be taken. My right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer has said that the Treasury will make another assessment of the five tests early in the next Parliament.