§ Mr. Barnettasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the process of concluding arrangements to guarantee official sterling reserves of the countries of the sterling area to whom these arrangements were offered has resulted in any such agreements in addition to those already notified to Parliament.
§ Mr. Roy JenkinsYes, since I told the House on 13th February of agreements reached with a number of the smaller sterling holders in the sterling area, on lines similar to the agreements concluded with the major holders which were presented to Parliament last autumn, agreements have been concluded with the following further countries:
- Botswana;
- Western Samoa;
- St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla;
- British Soloman Islands Protectorate;
- British Virgin Islands;
- Cayman Islands;
- Falkland Islands and Dependencies;
- Montserrat;
- St. Helena;
- British Caribbean Currency Board;
- East African Currency Board.—[Vol. 777 c. 385–6.]