§ Mr. Peter Bruinvelsasked the hon. Member for Wokingham, as representing the Church Commissioners, if he will publish in the Official Report the shareholdings of the Church Commissioners in excess of £10,000 in any shopping or trading company, detailing the amount held by the Church Commissioners asset committee and the company or trading name, such shareholding relating to United Kingdom based companies only.
§ Sir William van StraubenzeeAs at 31 October 1985 the commissioners held shares in United Kingdom retailing companies as follows:
Company Shares Argyll Group 600,000 Associated Dairies Group 1,000,000 Bejam Group 817,916 Boots 875,000 Burton Group 1,522,016 Dee Corporation 2,425,000 Dixons Group 710,000 Great Universal Stores 350,000 Habitat/Mothercare 685,000 Hepworth, J. 1,705,000 Marks & Spencer 6,600,000 Sainsbury, J. 758,000 Samuel, H. 715,500 Sears 5,034,319 Smith, W. H. 300,000 Superdrug 195,000 Tesco 400,000