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Scottish Banknotes (Acceptability in United Kingdom) Bill

I want to complete this tale, because it is rather important. My grandmother faced the indignity of eventually finding someone who offered her 19 shillings for the banknote. She wasn't having that. I recall that the note had a picture of Good King Billy on it. Now, my grandmother really was not one of king Billy's brethren, if you get my drift. She was amused, subsequently, by the fact that she had stood up for King Billy—William III—in telling the person who did not want to take the note that this was her king and his king, and that it really was outrageous. That story has remained with me for all this time, but it has also been an irritant over my nearly 60 years of life. Now I will give way to the Minister.