HC Deb 26 May 1989 vol 153 cc791-2W
Mr Austin Mitchell

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will publish in theOfficial Report a table showing all known foreign holdings in British water companies as a percentage of the share capital in each case, together with the turnover of the companies concerned and the number of households supplied.

Mr. Howard

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 10 April to my right hon. Friend the Member for Tonbridge and Mailing (Sir J. Stanley), at column 400. My Department does not mention detailed records of foreign shareholdings in statutory water companies.