§ Mr. Ridleyasked the Minister of Power (1) if he will publish a list of the builders' merchants' businesses at present owned by the National Coal Board, and estimate what proportion of the trade is now in public ownership;
(2) when he will place in the Library the accounts of the Sankey Group for the year ended 31st December, 1967.
§ Mr. FreesonThe Board has not directly acquired any builders' merchants'118W businesses, but a number have been acquired by J. H. Sankey & Son Limited in which the Board has a controlling interest. A list of the businesses so acquired is included in the accounts of the Sankey Group for the year ended 31st December, 1966, which have already been placed in the Library. Any additions to the list will be included in the Group Accounts for 1967 which will be placed in the Library, as soon as they are available. Trade figures are not available for the builders' merchants' industry as a whole.