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Independence of the Bank of England

04 February 2005

Request:

All information held by the Treasury regarding material relating to meetings and correspondence between the former Bank of England governor, and ministers over the decision to grant independence to the Bank and removal of the banking supervision role.

Disclosure:

The list of relevant documents is below. Some of the information contained in them is not disclosed as certain exemptions apply.

• PDF file Letter from Chancellor to Governor: banking supervision 6 May 1997
• PDF file Letter to Chancellor of Governor: new monetary policy framework 6 May 1997
• PDF file Letter from Chancellor to Governor: reform of financial services regulation 20 May 1997

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