HC Deb 30 July 1946 vol 426 cc126-7W
66. Colonel Crosthwaite-Eyre

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if the prewar practice under which dollar balances in excess of current requirements are converted into gold deposits and so retained until required for current payments is still in force.

Mr. Dalton

It would not be in the national interest for me to make public statements on this subject.