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Mr. Burns
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans Her Majesty's Government have to issue new commemorative coins.
Mr. Kenneth Clarke
Her Majesty the Queen has been graciously pleased to approve the recommendation of my predecessor, the right hon. Member for Kingston-upon-Thames (Mr. Lamont), that a 50p coin be issued featuring a special design to commemorate the 50th anniversary next year of the D-Day landings of June 1944. It is intended that the coin should be available in 1994 for general circulation. There will also be collector versions in base and precious metal.