asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much paid publicity was taken by his Department in the Manchester edition of the "Daily Mail" to publicise the total ban on sending sums of money abroad, which came into force on 1st October.

None, Sir, but I welcome the publicity given by the Press in general to exchange control requirements, and I take this opportunity of repeating that sterling notes found in the overseas posts, or brought to the ports in excess of the permitted £5, will be seized. We must stop these loopholes through which spending power may get abroad, or notes now abroad may be redeemed here for full value in cash or kind.

While appreciating the need for strict currency control at present, will the right hon. and learned Gentleman pay special attention to cases where people have inadvertently transmitted notes through the post because they have not seen the notices in the daily newspapers?

We shall certainly take that into account.