§ Sir C. OMANasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in consideration of the state of defacement and dilapidation into which the base metal silver coinage of 1920–21 is now falling, he will take into consideration the countermanding of any further such issues, and will revert to the issue of silver of the old standard, which, at the present price of bullion, is amply profitable to the Crown?
§ Mr. BALDWINThe answer is in the negative.