Sir H. COWANasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his attention has been called to the inconvenience and loss suffered by fishermen and other persons coming to England from Scotland, owing to the fact that the note issues of Scottish banks which are now legal tender in Scotland are not legal tender in England; and whether, with a view to removing this grievance, he will take steps to make these Scottish notes legal tender in England, or arrange for the English bankers to exchange them at their face value for Treasury notes?
§ Mr. BALDWINThe note issues of the Scottish and Irish banks were made legal tender in Scotland and Ireland respectively as an emergency measure at the outbreak of war The question of reverting at an early date to the pre-war condition of affairs when such notes were not legal tender is under consideration Any facili- 1509W ties offered by English bankers for cashing such notes in England, where they are neither legal tender nor customarily current is a matter of banking practice over which my right hon. Friend has no control.