§ Mr. Gouldasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1) if he made it a condition of the placing of British Telecom shares with Kleinwort Benson prior to privatisation that no employees of the firm should deal in the shares on their own account;
(2) if, before settling his final account with Kleinwort Benson in respect of the privatisation of British Telecom, he will seek from the firm information on the number of its employees who used the firm's facilities to deal on their own account in the shares.
§ Mr. ButcherI will reply to the hon. Member as soon as possible.