§ Mr. Wyn Robertsasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement about the completion of the new Royal Mint at Llantrisant.
§ Mr. HigginsThe Government have had under consideration the further facilities that should be installed at Llantrisant. We have now decided to authorise the completion of the new Mint, which will include all the productive processes at present carried out at Tower Hill. Detailed planning will now proceed on that basis. It is hoped to bring the Llantrisant Mint into full operation during 1974.
Production at Tower Hill will then cease, but the London office of the Royal Mint will remain in the administrative building at Tower Hill.