i want to extend that to a wider
range of partners.
anna: you talked about the bank
of england.
i know you are waiting on
research on moving parts of the
bank of england to birmingham.
after mark carney, if you are in
a position to appoint a
successor, who would it be?
john: we maintain the
independence of the bank of
england.
we want to have a debate about
the mandate of that bank, how
that could reflect the modern
world.
anna: so you would give a
mandate but you would not be
time the bank of england how to
achieve them?
have a debateto
about the mandate but then we
want to set up strategic
investment which would bring
together treasury, the bank of
england, representatives from
the finance sector and others
and that we have a long-term
plan for how we invest our
resources in this country.
as for the appointment after
mark carney, i have a great
respect for him.
i meet with him on a regular