§ Mr. NellistTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will update his answer to the hon. Member for Newham, North-West (Mr. Banks)Official Report, 18 November 1986, column 82, as to the number of individual shareholders retaining shares in each of the concerns privatised since 1979.
§ Mr. MaudeThe table shows the number of shareholdings in each of the companies privatised since 1979. Where Her Majesty's Government retained a shareholding on privatisation this has also been shown.
§ Mr. SainsburyI met Mr. Bailey and other representatives of the Machine Tool Trade Association on 24 October. It is not our practice to disclose the content of such private discussions.