§ Mr. Squireasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many building societies have obtained the consent of the Chief Registrar of Friendly Societies to keeping their register of members at offices other than their chief offices;
(2) on what grounds consent has been granted under section 62(3) of the Building Societies Act 1962 to allow society registers to be kept elsewhere than at society chief offices; and whether safeguards exist to protect the interests of those members of societies who wish to inspect these registers.
§ Mr. Bruce-GardyneI shall let my hon. Friend have a reply as soon as possible.