§ Mr. Wrigglesworthasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he has reached agreement with nationalised industry chairmen on proposals for changes in the relationship between the industries and the Government; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. BrittanI have nothing to add to the statement made by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Industry on 15 March.—[Vol. 20, c.24–5.]
§ Mr. Foulkesasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in the Official Report a table updating for 213W 1982–83 on the same price bases the answer of 18 January 1982 to the hon. Member for South Ayrshire, Official Report, c. 78, on the disposal of public industrial interests.
§ Mr. Ridley[pursuant to his reply, 10 May 1982, c. 187]: The latest Financial Statement and Budget Report estimated that total receipts from special sales of assets were likely to be £700 million in 1982–83. Deflated by the change in the GDP deflator, this is equivalent to about £500 million in 1979–80 prices. As in previous years, the estimate represents a broad forecast of the value of special sales of assets as a whole. It is not practicable to give detailed advance estimates of receipts from individual disposals, given uncertainties of timing and future market conditions.