§ Mr. Skeetasked the Secretary of State for Industry whether he is prepared to initiate legislation to permit the public to participate in the equity of British Nuclear Fuels Ltd. and Radiochemical Centre Ltd. in association with the Atomic Energy Authority.
§ Mr. Norman LamontI have been asked to reply.
As my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer said in his Budget speech, we have embarked on our review 898W (c) the index of industrial production for manufacturing industries only, and (d) the annual increase or decrease in the index of industrial products for manufacturing industries only.
§ Mr. BiffenI have been asked to reply.
The information requested—based on 1975=100—is set out in the table below.
letters and parcels were handled in each years from 1950 to 1978.
§ Mr. Michael Marshall,pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 16 July 1979],gave the following answers:
of the scope for the sale of assets in the public sector and this is continuing.