§ Mr. Maplesasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he proposes to publish a consultative document on the wholesale financial markets.
§ Mr. Ian StewartThe Treasury and the Bank of England are today publishing a consultative document, entitled "The future regulation of the wholesale markets in sterling, foreign exchange and bullion". This was foreshadowed in my answer to a question by the hon.666W Member for Stafford (Mr. Cash) on 7 May 1986, at columns 133–34. Copies of the consultative document are available from the Bank and the Treasury, and are being distributed by the Bank to interested parties in these markets. Comments are invited by the end of February 1987. I am also placing copies in the Library.