§ Mr. Crawfordasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the exclusion of the three Scottish clearing banks from the list of banks, Barclays, Lloyds, Midland and NatWest, chosen as the recipients of applications from Scottish applicants in the recent sale of BP stock.
§ Mr. Joel BarnettI shall let the hon. Member have a reply as soon as possible.