§ Mr. Meacherasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he makes of
Date Nationalised Industry Amount £m. 31st December 1962 … … British Transport Commission … … 487.4 31st March 1965 … … National Coal Board … … 415.0* 31st March 1965 … … British Overseas Airways Corporation … … 110.0† 31st March 1965 … … British European Airways … … 25.0 31st December 1968 … … British Railways Board … … 1,262.1‡ 31st December 1968 … … British Waterways Board … … 15.5 1st January 1970 … … London Transport Board … … 269.8 1st April 1972 … … British Steel Corporation … … 350.0§ 16th March 1973 … … Post Office … … 130.6 31st March 1973 … … National Coal Board … … 475.0 3,540.4 * Includes £116 million in respect of revenue losses. † Including £30 million re-constituted as a reserve, which has since been capitalised. ‡ Including £705 million debt suspended under the Transport Act 1962 and finally written off under the Transport Act 1968. § Includes £238 million transferred to reserve under the Iron and Steel Act 1972.