Monetary Policy Committee

Mr. Willetts
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment on what occasions he has met members of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee; and what was discussed at each meeting. [79707]

Mr. Mudie
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State met the Governor of the Bank of England and other members of the Monetary Policy Committee in December 1997. They discussed a range of issues relating to employment and education.