§ 2.30 p.m.
§ LORD FRASER OF LONSDALEMy Lords, I beg leave to ask the Question which stands in my name on the Order Paper.
§ [The Question was as follows:
§ To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they now have any statement to make as to the introduction of a decimal coinage system for the United Kingdom.]
§ THE MINISTER WITHOUT PORTFOLIO (LORD MILLS)My Lords, with the permission of the House I will answer the Question of the noble Lord, Lord Fraser of Lonsdale, by means of a statement, which I will make at a convenient moment after 3.30 this afternoon.