Gold Coins

Oral Answers to Questions — National Finance – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 22 November 1966.

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Photo of Mr Terence Higgins Mr Terence Higgins , Worthing 12:00, 22 November 1966

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the policy of the Government is still to give people further time to hand in gold coins under S.I., 1966, No. 438.

Photo of Mr Jack Diamond Mr Jack Diamond , Gloucester

Yes, if there is good reason for the delay in complying with the Order.

Photo of Mr Terence Higgins Mr Terence Higgins , Worthing

Statutory powers having been taken, who decides whether a person retaining, say, half-a-dozen gold coins should be prosecuted, and what criteria are applied?

Photo of Mr Jack Diamond Mr Jack Diamond , Gloucester

The position is the normal one: the Treasury is interested in the matter, but the person who decides whether a prosecution should take place is the Director of Public Prosecutions.