11.   The party campaigned in national elections in May against continued British membership of the European Union.

12.   A source close to Hewitt stressed that her comments did not represent a Government push to persuade voters of the merits of British membership of the single currency.

13.   Treasury Minister David Heathcoat-Amory resigned Monday so that he can campaign against British membership of a single European currency, his parliamentary office said.

14.   Waigel warned, however, that Bonn would insist on British membership of the ERM being a condition of the pound sterling joining the Euro at a later date.

15.   Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy also challenged Blair to stop delaying over the euro and to take the lead in the campaign for British membership.

16.   Some Labour MPs have threatened to disrupt a future Labour government unless party leader Tony Blair rules out British membership of a single European currency.