Telephone Directories (Postcodes)

HC Deb 06 November 1970 vol 805 c481W

Mr. Weitzman

asked the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications if he will give a general direction to the Post Office to take steps to reduce the burden of producing new telephone directories which will be caused by the increasing use of postcodes in each postal district.

Mr. Chataway

No. Compilation and production of telephone directories is a matter for the Post Office.

Quoted Equity Shares
Chrysler (UK) Ltd.	…	…	…	7,561,140	Preferred Ordinary Shares of 4s.
George Kent Ltd	…	…	…	3,017,577	Ordinary Shares of 10s.
				1,244,180	Deferred Ordinary Shares of 10s.
*Brown Bayley Steels Ltd.	…	…	…	2,404,000	Ordinary Shares.
*Ransome, Hoffman, Pollard Ltd.	…	…	…	1,200,000	Deferred Ordinary Shares of 5s.
				155,000	Ordinary Shares of 5s.
The Laird Group	…	…	…	4,900,830	Ordinary Shares of 5s.
* All the shares in Brown Bayley Steels Ltd. and some of those in Ransome, Hoffman, Pollard Ltd. are held through the wholly owned and unquoted Brown Bayley Ltd.

Unquoted Equity Shares
*Brown Bayley Ltd.	…	2,215,082	Ordinary Shares of £1.
Nuclear Enterprises	…	7,353	'B' Ordinary Shares of £1.
British Nuclear Design & Construction Ltd.	…	260,000	Ordinary Shares of £1.
The Nuclear Power Group	…	150,000	Ordinary Shares of £1.
Herbert Ingersoll	…	38,250	'A' Ordinary Shares of £1.
		36,750	'B' Ordinary Shares of £1.
* The bulk of the assets is represented by the holdings in Brown Bayley Steels Ltd. and Ransome, Hoffman, Pollard Ltd.