Currency, Banking & Financial Services after the Scottish Referendum

On Wednesday 24 July 2013 the British Academy and the Royal Society of Edinburgh held an invitation-only Policy Forum to discuss questions surrounding banking and financial services in the aftermath of the referendum on Scottish independence. The intention of this forum was to discuss the currency options available to an independent Scotland and the implications of that choice for the rest of the UK, and the knock-on implications for fiscal rules and financial regulation.

A report of the key discussions and debates from this forum will be produced some time after the event.

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*Please note British Academy Forums take place under the Chatham House Rule*

Delegates:

Emeritus Professor Alan Alexander FRSE OBE, University of Strathclyde
Lady Eleanor Arbuthnott
Sir John Arbuthnott PRSE, Royal Society of Edinburgh
Dr Angus Armstrong, National Institute of Economic and Social Research
Christopher Batchelor, Home Office
Liz Bates, Office of Professor John Kay FBA
Professor Tim Besley FBA, London School of Economics
Professor Alice Brown, Royal Society of Edinburgh
Kate Devlin, Herald and Times Newspaper
Dr Monique Ebell, National Institute of Economic and Social Research
Patrick Erwin, Department of Energy & Climate Change
Stephen Farrington, HM Treasury
Dr Jan Fidrmuc, Brunel University
Dr Gary Gillespie, Scottish Government
Emeritus Professor Charles Goodhart CBE FBA, London School of Economics
Helen Haggart, British Academy
Elizabeth Hemsley, Royal Society of Edinburgh
Professor John Kay FBA, London School of Economics/St John’s College, Oxford 
Jamiesha Majevadia, British Academy
Richard McAllister, University of Edinburgh
Colin McKay, Scottish Government
Karen McQuaid, Royal Society of Edinburgh
Professor Iain McLean FBA FRSE, University of Oxford
John Nugée, State Street Global Advisers
Professor Jeremy Peat FRSE OBE, David Hume Institute
Dave Ramsden, HM Treasury
Professor Frances Ruane, Economic and Social Research Institute
Lord Wilson of Tillyorn KT GCMG

Speakers:

Dr Angus Armstrong, National Institute for Economic and Social Research
Stephen Farrington, Economics Group, HM Treasury
Dr Jan Fidrmuc, Brunel University
Dr Gary Gillespie, Chief Economic Adviser, Scottish Government Emeritus
Professor Charles Goodhart CBE FBA, London School of Economics
Professor John Kay FBA,London School of Economics and St John's College, Oxford
Professor Frances Ruane, The Economic and Social Research Institute

The forum was hosted and chaired by Professor Tim Besley CBE FBA