§ Mr. Heathcoat-AmoryTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer on which dates the(a) Standing Committee on Euro Preparations, (b) Scottish Euro Preparations Committee, (c) Wales Euro Preparations Committee and (d) Northern Ireland Euro Preparations Committee met; if he will publish the minutes of the meetings; and what the cost to public funds has been of euro preparations. [171578]
§ Ruth KellyThe Chancellor's Standing Committee on Euro Preparations last met on 23 October 2003. Minutes of all Standing Committee meetings are available on the Treasury's euro website, www.euro.gov.uk. An update on the work of the Scottish, Wales and Northern Ireland Euro Preparations Committees, including the timing of recent and forthcoming meetings, was published in Chapters of the spring report on euro preparations, on 29 April 2004. Minutes of the meetings are available at www.dfpni.gov.uk (Northern Ireland), www.wales.gov.uk (Wales) and www.scottishsecretary.gov.uk (Scotland). Details of expenditure on changeover planning were included in the third outline National Changeover Plan, published on 9 June 2003. Copies of the document are in the Library of the House.