Euro (Hansard, 20 January 2003)

§ Mr. Gordon Prentice
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish the background papers associated with the forthcoming recommendation on the five economic tests; and if he will make a statement. [91866]

§ Ruth Kelly
A number of supporting studies will be published encompassing the preliminary and technical work that will inform the assessment of the five economic tests. When the assessment is complete, the detailed supporting studies will be published alongside, all to be subject to intensive public scrutiny and debate. Further detail on the supporting studies was set out in the "Paper for the Treasury Committee on the Treasury's Approach to the Preliminary and Technical Work" published on 6 September.

§ Matthew Taylor
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to his answer of 13 January 2003,Official Report, column 414W, on the euro, when his Department last updated its survey of April 1999 on the proportion of small and medium-sized companies prepared for membership of the euro; and if he will make a statement. [92053]

§ Ruth Kelly
Since April 1999, HM Treasury has published two surveys on the level of preparations among UK businesses for dealing with the euro as a foreign currency. These were published in April 2000 and November 2001. The results of these surveys are available on the Treasury's euro website (www.euro.gov.uk).

§ Mr. Laws
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to publish the supporting studies undertaken as part of the preliminary technical work on euro convergence, prior to the formal assessment of the five economic tests for the euro; and if he will make a statement. [92562]

§ Ruth Kelly
As set out in the Paper for the Treasury Committee on the Treasury's Approach to the Preliminary and Technical Work, published on 6 September 2002, "When the assessment is complete, the detailed supporting studies will be published alongside, all to be subject to intensive public scrutiny and debate".