HC Deb 13 February 1986 vol 91 cc538-9W
20. Mr. Fallon

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on progress in the increasing individual share ownership.

Mr. Brooke

I refer my hon. Friend to the reply my right hon. Friend gave earlier today to my hon. Friend, the Member for Surrey, South-West (Mrs. Bottomley).

32. Mr. Merchant

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what evidence there is to show the change in the number of shareholders over the last six years.

Mr. Moore

I refer my hon. Friend to the reply my right hon. Friend gave earlier today to my hon. Friend the Member for Surrey, South-West (Mrs. Bottomley).

45. Mr. Alan Howarth

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many individual shareholders he now estimates there to be; what the increase has been since 1979; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Moore

I refer my hon. Friend to the reply my right hon. Friend gave earlier today to my hon. Friend the Member for Surrey, South-West (Mrs. Bottomley).

Mr. Thurnham

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent representations he has received about encouraging wider share ownership and if he will make a statement.

Mr. MacGregor

The most effective representations have come from the millions of people who have bought shares in privatised companies and in the companies they work for.

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