HC Deb 03 March 1980 vol 980 c49W
45. Mr. Wigley

asked the Secretary of State for Trade (1) if he is satisfied that the present requirements of the Companies Acts are sufficient to ensure that details of the transactions in shares in a public quoted company are known sufficiently quickly after the transaction takes place for them to be properly scrutinised by interested parties and investigated if appropriate;

£ million
1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
Crude surplus 14.1 4.7 14.2 18.3 34.0
Change from previous year -9.4 +9.5 +4.1 +15.7