| Description | The file contains press cuttings, Hansard extracts, and memoranda of evidence to the Committee from the Association of Investment Trusts, Committee of London Clearing Bankers (CLCB), London Discount Market Association (LDMA), the Accepting Houses Committee and Issuing Houses Association (jointly), the Board of Trade, the Stock Exchange, the British Insurance Association, and comments on these by Mr Hollom and the Discount Office. The Bank declined the invitation to provide evidence, as it did the Cohen Committee's prior to the 1948 Companies Act, but offered to assist. The Bank's interest was focused on questions of hidden reserves, a possible take-over code, dealing in securities and, in 1971, legislation on overseas banking names used in the United Kingdom (UK). |