HC Deb 21 March 1979 vol 964 cc629-30W
Mr. Brotherton

asked the Secretary of State for Industry for what purpose the Government have a 100 per cent. shareholding in the West Coast of America Telegraph Co. Ltd.; and what is its cost to public funds in the latest year for which figures are available.

Mr. Les Huckfield

The Government have no direct shareholding in this company. It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cable and Wireless Limited and has been so since before Cable and Wireless was brought into public ownership.

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