HC Deb 22 October 1976 vol 917 c592W
Mr. Gould

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer by how much the value of the £ sterling would have to be reduced from $1.66 to enable the United Kingdom to pay the foreign exchange cost of abolishing the green pound, assuming no change in other factors.

Mr. Robert Sheldon

The overall balance of payments effect of abolition of the green pound would plainly be adverse, but there is no clear way of isolating any consequential exchange rate effect.

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