§ Mr. Biffenasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer why he has required the Bank 38W of England in the Quarterly Bulletin for June, 1968, not to declare the gold content of the gold and convertible currency reserves for March, 1968; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Roy JenkinsI understand that the omission of this figure from the Bulletin—and from Table 85 of the Financial Statistics for June, 1968—was inadvertent. The correct figure (£ 622 million) was issued as an Addendum with the June edition of Financial Statistics.