§ Mr. Lubbockasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what regulations are now in force under Section 12 of the Coinage Act, 1870, respecting the trial of the pyx; and on what date this trial has been or will be held in the current year.
§ Mr. Roy JenkinsThe regulations now in force are the Trial of the Pyx Order 1947 (S.R. & O. 1947/1421). This year the trial was held on 22nd February and the verdict was delivered on 10th May.