§ Mr. Bishopasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government if he is aware that the conversion to decimal currency of the coin locks on public con- 44W veniences will result in an increase in the cost of spending a penny to 2.4 new pence; and if he will refer the increase to the National Board for Prices and Incomes.
§ Mr. SkeffingtonThe fears expressed by my hon. Friend do not automatically follow upon decimalisation, and local authorities have been advised that the change-over to decimal currency should not lead to an overall increase in prices.