HC Deb 14 July 1988 vol 137 cc303-4W
20. Mr. Andrew Mitchell

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his latest estimate of the number of shareholders in the United Kingdom.

34. Mr. Ian Taylor

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his latest estimate of the number of shareholders in the United Kingdom.

45. Mr. Knapman

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his latest estimate of the number of shareholders in the United Kingdom.

Mr. Brooke

The most recent survey by the Treasury and the stock exchange estimated that 9 million people own shares, three times the number in 1979.