HC Deb 16 July 1987 vol 119 cc578-9W
Mr. John David

Taylor asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will list the titles of those newspapers in which advertisements for the offers of sale of shares in Rolls-Royce and British Airports Authority were placed.

Mr. Butcher

Public application forms for the sale of shares in Rolls-Royce plc were available in the following newspapers:

  • Rolls-Royce plc
  • Daily Mail
  • The Daily Telegraph
  • Financial Times Guardian
  • The Independent
  • The Times
  • London Evening Standard
  • Glasgow Herald
  • The Scotsman
  • Mail on Sunday
  • Observer
  • Sunday Telegraph
  • The Sunday Times
  • Birmingham Post
  • Coventry Evening Telegraph
  • Derby Evening Telegraph
  • Lancashire Evening Telegraph
  • Leicester Mercury
  • Liverpool Post
  • Manchester Evening News
  • Nottingham Evening Post
  • Sunderland Echo
  • Western Daily Press
  • Yorkshire Post

The sale of shares in BAA plc was the responsibility of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Transport.