§ Sir J. Langford-Holtasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps he has taken to satisfy himself that the pound unit is preferred to the ten shilling unit by the majority of people and organisations when decimal currency is introduced.
§ Mr. CallaghanThe Halsbury Committee was set up to advise on the most convenient and practical form which a decimal currency might take. The Committee received written evidence from almost 200 organisations and heard oral evidence from 35. In their report and in the minority memorandum of dissent arguments in favour of the 10s. system were given full weight. The Government have to form their own judgment in the light of the report and public reactions to it.