§ Mr Gordon Brownasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what is his latest figure for the number of shareholders in British Telecom and for the number of shareholders who have sold their shares since the company's flotation.
§ Mr. Butcher[pursuant to his reply, 24 June 1985, c. 279]: I am told that British Telecom had about 1.69 million shareholders as at 31 May. I understand that the company intends to provide an analysis of shareholders by classification of shareholder and size of holding in its report and accounts for 1984–85, which are due to be published on 18 July.