Mr. H. Wilson:

While all of us would like more notes of this denomination, may I ask the hon. Gentleman to take the point, I am sure from both sides of the House, that probably the Bank of England has made a mistake on this occasion without realising it and that it is not necessary to back the Bank of England up to the hilt? Let the mistake be admitted. Remembering also the confusion with the Scottish £1 note, apart altogether from English £1 notes, would it not be wise, as soon as the present printed stock is exhausted, to issue a different colour, which I am sure most people would like to see?