§ Mr. Hannamasked the Secretary of State for Trade how many limited companies have a work force exceeding (a) 99 employees, (b) 149 employees, (c) 199 employees and (d) 249 employees.
§ Mr. Eyre[pursuant to his reply, 22 July 1980, c. 1 25]: More than 780,000 companies are currently on the companies register and I regret this information could not be extracted from the register except at disproportionate cost.