Dunfermline Building Society statement
31 March 2009 (updated on 22 April 2010)
Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling, makes Commons statement on the sale of the Dunfermline Building Society.
- Commons Hansard: Dunfermline Building Society
- Video and Audio: Dunfermline Building Society
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