52. Mr. W. T. Williamsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will obtain from chief constables reports as to the extent to which forgery of the new 50-pence coin is taking place; and how the extent of such forgeries compares with those of other coins.
§ Mrs. Shirley WilliamsI would refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave to a Question by the hon. Member for Edinburgh, North (Earl of Dalkeith), on lath November. Fourteen counterfeit 50p coins have so far come to notice and another nine are being examined; but it is too soon to make any valid comparison with the counterfeiting of other coins.—[Vol. 791, c. 280–1.]