22 OCTOBER 1977, Page 15

The Lord Chancellor

Sir: In your edition of 8 October your contributor Marshall Mainwaring asserts that I accepted loans or directorships from the Commercial Bank of Wales. In fact I have not sought, I have not been offered and I have not received any loan from or directorship of that Bank at any time. Along with many other Welshmen I invested a small sum in the Bank when it was set up and for a time I had a modest deposit account there. No doubt you will take immediate steps to put the record straight.

(Lord) Elwyn-Jones House of Lords, London SW1 We offer sincere apologies to the Lord Chancellor for this error.