HC Deb 21 November 1966 vol 736 cc227-31W
Mr. Ridley

asked the Minister of Transport if she will set out a list of the

Company Percentage proportion of ownership Date of Acquisition of holding Nominal value of holding
£
Transport Holding Company
B.R.S. Federation Ltd.* … — 16.8.63 —
B.R.S. (Contracts) Ltd. … 100 1.1.63 100
Anglo Continental Container Services (Belfast) Ltd. … 100 1.1.63 5,000
Anglo Continental Container Services (London) Ltd. … 100 1.1.63 5,000
British Road Ferry Services Ltd. … 100 17.12.63 600,000
Lawther and Harvey Ltd. … 100 2.5.66 2,000
Harold Wood & Sons Ltd. … 100 23.9.65 150,000
Tayforth Holdings (1965) Ltd. … 75 26.8.65 12,000
D. McKinnon (Transport) Ltd. … 75 30.9.65 6,000
H. & G. S. Bell Ltd. … 75 30.9.65 11,250
Hanson Haulage Ltd. … 75 30.9.65 99,783
Road Services (Caledonian) Ltd. … 75 30.9.65 300,000
Road Services (Forth) Ltd. … 75 30.9.65 262,500
Scottish Parcel Carriers Ltd. … 75 30.9.65 18,750
Siddle C. Cook Ltd. … 75 30.9.65 3,486
Watsons (Carriers) Ltd. … 75 30.9.65 15,000
Arthur Holland & Co. (Scotland) Ltd. … 75 30.9.65 75
Buttercup Dairy Co. Ltd. … 75 30.9.65 225,000
Dundee Cold Storage Co. Ltd. … 75 30.9.65 22,500
Edinburgh Ice & Cold Storage Co. Ltd. … 75 30.9.65 8,167
Thomas Howden Ltd. … 75 30.9.65 24,000
British Road Services Ltd. … 100 1.1.63 100
B.R.S. Parcels Ltd. … 100 1.1.63 7,000,000
Pickfords Ltd. … 100 1.1.63 100
Tilling Association Ltd.* … — 1.1.63 —
Eastern Counties Omnibus Co. Ltd. … 100 1.1.63 2,100,000
Eastern National Omnibus Co. Ltd. … 100 1.1.63 1,750,000
Tillings Transport Ltd. … 100 1.1.63 150,000
Lincolnshire Road Car Co. Ltd. … 100 1.1.63 1,000,000
Mansfield District Traction Co. … 100 1.1.63 300,000
Midland General Omnibus Co. Ltd. … 100 1.1.63 200,000
Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Traction Co. … 100 1.1.63 281,030
United Counties Omnibus Co. Ltd. … 100 1.1.63 1,500,000
Cumberland Motor Services Ltd. … 100 1.1.63 500,000
Durham District Services Ltd. … 100 1.1.63 140,000
Otley Omnibus Stations Ltd. … 53 1.1.63 5,339
United Automobile Services Ltd. … 100 1.1.63 3,150,000
West Yorkshire Road Car Co. Ltd. … 100 1.1.63 2,000,000
Crosville Motor Services Ltd. … 100 1.1.63 2,800,000
Bath Electric Tramways Ltd. … 100 1.1.63 230,000
Bath Tramways Motor Co. Ltd. … 100 1.1.63 60,000
Bristol Omnibus Co. Ltd. … 100 1.1.63 2,900,000
Cheltenham District Traction Co … 100 1.1.63 96,000
Red and White Services Ltd. … 100 1.1.63 1,230,710
Southern National Omnibus Co. Ltd. … 100 1.1.63 900,000
United Welsh Services Ltd. … 100 1.1.63 600,000
Western National Omnibus Co. Ltd. … 100 1.1.63 2,790,000
Brighton, Hove and District Omnibus Co, Ltd. … 100 1.1.63 600,000
Hants and Dorset Motor Services Ltd. … 100 1.1.63 1,450,000
Newbury and District Motor Services Ltd. … 100 1.1.63 15,000
South Midland Motor Services Ltd. … 100 1.1.63 8,400
Southern Vectis Omnibus Co. Ltd. … 100 1.1.63 515,000
Thames Valley Traction Co. Ltd. … 100 1.1.63 1,100,000
Wilts and Dorset Motor Services Ltd. … 100 1.1.63 800,000

names of all private companies of which the nationalised industries under her control have whole or part ownership, together with the nationalised industry concerned, the percentage proportion of ownership, the date of acquisition of the holding, and the value of the holding, respectively.

Mrs. Castle

The information for the nationalised transport industries up to 31st December, 1965 is:

Company Percentage proportion of ownership Date of Acquisition of holding Nominal value of holding
£
Scottish Bus Group Ltd. … 100 1.1.63 26,500,000
Atlantic Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. … 100 1.1.63 2,500,000
Associated Humber Lines Ltd. … 91 1.1.63 3,185,000
Bristol Commercial Vehicles Ltd. … 75 1.1.63 1,500,000
Eastern Coach Works Ltd. … 75 1.1.63 600,000
Spen Coachbuilders Ltd. … 97 23.9.65 19,500
Star Bodies (BRS) Ltd. … 100 1.1.63 2
Thos. Cook & Son Ltd. … 100 1.1.63 2,500,000
British Holiday Estates Ltd. … 100 1.1.63 250,000
Dean & Dawson Ltd. … 100 1.1.63 15,504
England's & Perrott's Ltd. … 100 1.1.63 1,000
Thos. Cook & Son (Bankers) Ltd. … 100 1.1.63 125,000
T.H.C. Properties Ltd. … 100 2.12.64 2
Transport Nominees Ltd. … 100 1.1.63 100
Aldershot & District Traction Co. Ltd. … 34 1.1.63 423,228
Birmingham & Midland Motor Omnibus Co. Ltd. … 49 1.1.63 4,250,000
City of Oxford Motor Services Ltd. … 46 1.1.63 477,425
Devon General Omnibus & Touring Co. Ltd. … 32 1.1.63 452,931
East Kent Road Car Co. Ltd. … 31 1.1.63 486,540
East Midland Motor Services Ltd. … 50 1.1.63 637,500
East Yorkshire Motor Services Ltd. … 50 1.1.63 348,516
Hebble Motor Services Ltd. … 50 1.1.63 175,000
Maidstone & District Motor Services Ltd. … 33 1.1.63 555,334
Northern General Transport Co. Ltd. … 40 1.1.63 1,383,068
North Western Road Car Co. Ltd. … 50 1.1.63 896,003
Ribble Motor Services Ltd. … 42 1.1.63 1,407,436
Southdown Motor Services Ltd. … 33 1.1.63 1,182,201
Trent Motor Traction Co. Ltd. … 42 1.1.63 626,928
Western Welsh Omnibus Co. Ltd. … 50 1.1.63 812,000
Yorkshire Traction Co. Ltd. … 49 1.1.63 472,827
Yorkshire Woollen District Transport Co. Ltd. … 50 1.1.63 462,000
A. Timpson & Sons Ltd. … 40 1.1.63 96,860
Birmingham & District Investment Trust Ltd. … 4 1.1.63 153,175
British Roadrailer Services Ltd. … 50 31.8.64 1
British Transport Advertising Ltd. … 50 1.1.63 1
David MacBrayne Ltd. … 50 1.1.63 400,000
Northern Ireland Carriers Ltd. … 50 16.2.65 250,000
Park Royal Vehicles Ltd. … 16 28.9.65 136,562
Penarth Dock Engineering Co. Ltd. … 37 1.1.63 74,500
British Transport Docks Board
International Cold Storage and Ice Co. Ltd. … 50 1.1.63 39,823
Baltic Mercantile and Shipping Exchange Ltd. … Minimum Membership Holding 15.6.65 50
Hull Fish Merchants Club Ltd. … .8 1.1.63 £13 10s. 0d.
British Railways Board £
British Transport Hotels Ltd. … 100 1.1.63 9,582,537
Britravel Nominees Ltd. … 100 1.1.63 100
Oil Rail Terminals Ltd. (formerly Renel Sites Ltd.) … 100 1.1.63 5,000
C. C. P. (Marylebone) Ltd. … 49 1.1.63 9,800
Railway Sites (Scotland) Ltd. … 100 1963 100
British Roadrailer Services Ltd. … 50 31.8.64 1
British Rail Hovercraft Ltd. … 100 1966 2
Channel Tunnel Co. Ltd. … 26.1 1.1.63 31,828
Derwent Valley Light Railway Co … 6.2 1.1.63 5,000
Fishguard & Rosslare Railways & Harbours Co. … 46.6 1.1.63 1,515,494

Company Percentage proportion of ownership Date of Acquisition of holding Nominal value of holding
Société Anonyme de Navigation Angleterre-Lorraine-Alsace 80 1.1.63 French Fr. 3,997,500
Société Belgo-Anglaise des Ferry-Boats, S.A. 15.5 1.1.63 Belgian Fr. 2,328,750
Société Ferroviaire Internationale des Transports Frigorifiques 11.5 1.1.63 Belgian Fr. 1,150,000
£
Sutton Bridge Dock Co. 17.4 1.1.63 20,000
Sutton Harbour Improvement Co. 10.3 1.1.63 19,300
Pullman Car Co. Ltd. 100 1.1.63 1,671,000
British Transport Advertising Ltd. 50 1.1.63 1
British Rail-International Inc. 100 1.1.63 $2,500
£
The Caledonian Steam Packet Co. Ltd. 100 1.1.63 64,000
Caledonian Steam Packet Co. (Irish Services) Ltd. 100 1.1.63 30,000
Railway Sites Ltd. 100 1.1.63 30,000
*Companies Limited by Guarantee controlled by the Transport Holding Co.

Notes.—The above information for the nationalised transport industries does not include:—

(1) holdings of the above companies in other companies; and

(2) dormant companies.

The date 1.1.63 is the date on which holdings were taken over from the British Transport Commission under the Transport Act, 1962.