§ 73. Sir ROBERT HUTCHISONasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether His Majesty's Government intend to introduce legislation having for its object the transfer of control of the Treasury currency note issue to the issue department of the Bank of England?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLAs I have stated on many occasions, legislative proposals with this object will be laid before Parliament in due course. The precise date is a matter involving very difficult technical considerations, and I am not at the present time in a position to make a further statement on the matter.