HC Deb 19 November 1957 vol 578 c23W
78. Sir J. Duncan

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is aware that vouchers in payment of certain agricultural grants and subsidies require the recipient to endorse his name over a 2d. stamp before payment is made and that this is no longer necessary in view of the Cheques Act, 1957; and what action he proposes to take to bring this practice into accord with the law.

Mr. Maclay

As my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer said to my hon. and gallant Friend the Member for Knutsford (Lieut.-Colonel Bromley-Davenport) on 12th November, Section 3 of the Cheques Act, 1957, does not apply to payable orders by which payment of all agricultural subsidies in Scotland is made.

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