International Banking System

HC Deb 27 October 1983 vol 47 c181W

34. Mr. Norman Hogg

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the present condition of the international banking system.

44. Mr. Skinner

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what further discussions he has had with British banks regarding the international banking crisis; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Hayhoe

My right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer referred to international debt problems and related matters in his speech to the joint annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, a copy of which is in the Library. He met a variety of bankers at those meetings, where international debt problems were widely discussed.

43. Mr. Boyes

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent meetings he has attended of international organisations concerning the condition of the international banking system; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Lawson

I attended the Commonwealth Finance Ministers meeting in Port of Spain, Trinidad, and the joint annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in Washington in September. A copy of my speech to the IMF, which covered international banking issues, is in the Library.