HC Deb 10 December 1976 vol 922 cc408-9W
Mr. Gould

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his estimate of the effect of minimum lending rate of 14¾ per cent. on the money supply and the exchange rate.

Mr. Denzil Davies

The rise in the general level of interest rates associated with the net increase during the autumn in minimum lending rate has assisted in restraining the growth of money supply and stabilising conditions in the foreign exchange market.