§ Mr. RedwoodTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will list all shareholdings in public and private companies still held by his Department.
Department of Trade and Industry Details of shares and other securities held Nominal amount Description of holdings 31 March 1987 31 March 1988 £ £ John Bastie of Greenock (Holdings) Ltd. £1 'B' Redeemable Participating Preference Shares 40,000 1— £1 'C' Redeemable Preference Shares 310,000 1— Standard Mills (Rochdale) Ltd. £1 'A' Redeemable Preferences Shares 300,000 300,000 British Aerospace plc. £1 Special Rights Preference Share 1 1 Jaguar plc. £1 Special Rights Redeemable Share 1 1 Rolls-Royce plc. 25p Ordinary Shares 127,000,000 2— 20p Ordinary Shares — 250,000 £1 Special Share — 1 Short Brothers Ltd. £1 'A' 12 per cent. Preference Shares 4,840,000 4,840,000 £1 Ordinary Shares 342,000 342,000 Rover Group plc. 50p Ordinary Shares 2,755,841,688 2,755,841,688 British Telecommunications plc. £1 Special Rights Redeemable Preference Share 1 1 25p Ordinary Shares 7,596 35,502 1 These shares were transferred to Vickers pic. for a nominal consideration. 2 The holding of 25p ordinary shares reported at 31 March 1987 was converted to 20p ordinary shares as a prelude to the April 1987 privatisation. 3 The 31 March 1987 holdings, previously reported with a nominal value of £4,753, have since been found to have been understated.