§ Mr. Gryllsasked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will publish in the Official Report a list of the shareholdings held by the National Enterprise Board on
Company Number and description of shares held by NEB Percentage of nominal value and total equity Cost (£'000) Stock Exchange closing price on 22nd January where available Barrow Hepburn Group Ltd 1,000,000 25p Ordinary … … 4.1 450 30p BL Ltd … … … 1,144,554,026 50p Ordinary … … 98.9 695,523 20p Brown Boveri Kent Ltd … 10,856,585 25p Ordinary … … 20.0 3,293 49p Bull Motors Ltd … … 1,020,000 £1 Ordinary … … 100.0 1,020 BTB (Engineering) Ltd … 30,000 £1 Redeemable Preference … Not equity* 30 RR Chapman (Sub Sea Surveys) Ltd 50,000 £1 Ordinary … … … 47.2* 50 Computer and Systems 349,750 5p Ordinary … … 49.9 882 Engineering Ltd. 15,200 £1 Redeemable Preference … Not equity 48 Ferranti Ltd … … … 10,666,666 50p Ordinary … … 50.0 6,993 323p Hird-Brown Ltd … … 250,000 £1 Redeemable Preference … Not equity* 250 ICL Ltd … … … 8,148,000 £1 Ordinary … … 24.4 12,134 430p Monotype Holdings Ltd … 25,000 10p Ordinary … … 37.5 250 Negretti & Zambra … … 960,000 25p Deferred Ordinary … 29.8 710 73p 460,622 £1 Redeemable Preference … Not equity 461 Pakment International Ltd … 23,230* £1 Ordinary … … 34.4 47 200,000 £1 Redeemable Preference … Not equity 200 Sinclair Radionics Ltd … 75,000 £1 Ordinary … … … 73.3 650 200,000 £1 Preference … … 3,800,000 £1 Redeemable Preference Not equity 3,800 Technical Resources (equipment) Ltd 36,750 £1 Ordinary … … … 24.5 37 200,000 £1 Redeemable Preference … Not equity 200 * These items are corrections to the statement of 15 November 1978.
§ Mr. Cryerasked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will list the members of the National Enterprise Board and their declared financial interests.
§ Mr. Les HuckfieldThe present members of the board are:
Sir Leslie Murphy.
Mr. Richard Morris.
Mr. David Basnett.
Mr. Alistair Frame.
Mr. John Gardiner.
Mr. John Lyons.
Mrs. Caroline Miles.
Mr. Hugh Scanlon.
Mr. Harry Urwin.
Sir Jack Wellings.
158W24 January 1979, showing the number and description of the shares, the percentage of the total equity held by the National Enterprise Board, the cost of the shareholding and, where appropriate, the market value of the shareholding at close of business on 24 January 1979.
§ Mr. Les HuckfieldThe reply I gave the hon. Member on 15 November 1978—[Vol. 957, c. 222–226], needs to be updated, and at four points corrected, as follows:
The latest published information on members' financial interests is set out in Appendix C of the board's annual report and accounts 1977. A copy is in the Library.