§ Mr. Molloyasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the shortage of the sixpenny coin; and whether there are instructions to withdraw this coin.
§ Mr. Denzil DaviesThere is no shortage of the sixpenny—2½p—coin. Both the banks and the Royal Mint have substantial stocks. The degree to which any coin circulates depends almost entirely on the use made of it by shopkeepers and others in change giving. No decision has been taken to withdraw the coin.