§ Mr. Maudeasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement about his plans for the special sales of assets programme.
§ Mr. LawsonIt is the Government's policy to sell its minority holdings in privatised companies as and when circumstances permit. As part of this policy, I now intend to offer for sale later this year the whole of the Government's 48.8 per cent. holding in Britoil, apart from those shares needed to pay the small shareholder bonus.