§ Dr. McDonaldasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the price at which shares in all the public sector companies which have been privatised to date were issued to the public and the price at which they are currently traded.
§ Mr. Moore[pursuant to his reply, 30 January 1984, c. 46]: The information requested is given in the following table:
Table of share prices in major privatisations to date On privatisation (Date) On 25 January 1984 British Aerospace 150 (February 1981) 256 Cable and Wireless 168 (October.1981) *305 Amersham International 142 (February 1982) 217 Britoil 215 (November 1982) 233 Associated British Ports 112 (February 1983) 258 * The current quoted figure reflects in part that there has been a 1 for 2 scrip issue since privatisation.