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Scottish
Finance Secretary John Swinney has clarified comments he made regarding
discussions with the Bank of England over a currency union.
Last
Wednesday Mr Swinney said the Scottish government had held "technical
discussions" with the bank.
The
Bank of England denied holding talks about future monetary arrangement
proposals.
Mr
Swinney has since said it was "not my intention" to give the
impression the bank had done so.
He
faced calls in the Scottish Parliament on Tuesday to explain his initial claim
that "the Scottish government has had technical discussions with the Bank
of England regarding our proposal for a currency union."
Mr
Swinney said: "Following agreement in March 2012 from Mervyn King and as
set out to the Scottish Parliament, a number of technical and factual
discussions have taken place with the Bank of England.
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