Clause 196
Banking Bill
6:00 pm
David Gauke (Shadow Minister, Treasury; South West Hertfordshire, Conservative)
I thank the Minister for listing the various banks that supply us. It is one of those circumstances in which Wikipedia proved correct before the Committee. I thank her for providing clarification on what happens in mergers, which is topical and important. I have another question to ask, partly to provoke the hon. Member for Dundee, East. Were a bank falling within the definition of an authorised bank to relocate from Scotland or Northern Ireland to elsewhere in the United Kingdom, would it still be able to benefit from the provisions, or would it be disqualified from issuing banknotes?