HC Deb 01 May 1996 vol 276 c527W
Mr. Gordon Prentice

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what reasons led him(a) to sell Railtrack in its entirety and (b) not to sell shares in tranches. [27341]

Mr. Watts

The decision to sell substantially all of the Government's shareholding in Railtrack in a single tranche is in line with the Secretary of State's objectives in the Railways Act 1993.