§ Mr. Barry FieldTo ask the President of the Board of Trade how many man hours were taken up by adjusting the clocks throughout his Department.
Proceeds £ millions Date of Sale Net Equity to Government Redemption of Debt Amersham International 1982 62 — British Aerospace (secondary sale by HM Treasury) 1981 43 — 1985 347 — British Gas 1986 5,143 2,500 1990 150 — British Steel 1988 2,425 — British Telecommunications (secondary sale by HM Treasury) 1984 3,685 3,500 1991 5,218 — 1993 5,201 — Britoil (secondary sale) 1982 536 — 1985 426 — Cable and Wireless (secondary sales by HM Treasury) 1981 181 — 1983 263 — 1985 577 — Electricity Generating Companies 1991 12,201 768 Enterprise Oil 1984 382 — Girobank 1990 2— — Insurance Services Group 1991 313 — Jaguar 1984 4— — Regional Electricity Companies (England and Wales) 1990 15,182 2,815 Rolls-Royce 1987 1,031 — Rover Group5 1988 6150 — British Technology Group 1992 25 — Wytch Farm 1984 149 — 1 Gross equity proceeds 2 Proceeds to the Post Office 3 Proceeds to Export Credits Guarantee Department 4 Proceeds to BL plc (Rover Group) 5 Private sector company 6 This does not take into account exchequer payments (including cash injection of £547 million) or exchequer cost of deferring payments of consideration