§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the cost was (i) to the Communities budget and (ii) to the UK of producing the von Weizsäcker/Dehaene/Simon report to the Commission; who instigated it; what UK assistance was provided; and if he will make a statement. [96578]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThe Von Weizsäcker/Dehaene/Simon Report is an independent report, produced at the request of the President of the European Commission, Mr. Romano Prodi.
Government shareholdings at 31 March 1999 £ Department/description of holding Nominal value Approximate market value Ministry of Defence AWE Plc: £ Preferential Share 1 n/a AWE pensions Trustees Ltd.: £1 Preferential Share 1 n/a British Shipping Federation Ltd.: £1 7.5% Non-Cumulative Irredeemable Preference Shares 55,040 n/a Chamber of Shipping: £1 7.5% Non-Cumulative Irredeemable Preference Shares 688 n/a International Military Services Ltd.: Shares at cost 19,999,999 n/a Royal Dockyard Devonport plc: £1 Preferential Share 1 n/a Royal Dockyard Rosyth plc: £1 Preferential Share 1 n/a Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions BAA: £1 Special Share 1 n/a Docklands Light Railway: £1 Shares 100 n/a DoT Share offer (No. 1): £1 Shares 2 n/a DoT Share offer (No. 2): £1 share 2 n/a Eurostar (UK) Ltd.: £1 Special Share 1 n/a Intercapital and Regional Rail Ltd.: £1 Special Share 1 n/a London and Continental Railways Ltd.: 25p Special Shares 1 n/a Railsale Ltd.: £1 Ordinary Shares 100 n/a Railtrack Ltd.: 4,087,165 25p Shares 1,021,791 57.8 million Railtrack Share Offer: £1 Shares 2 n/a Sealink Stena Line Ltd.: Preference Share 1 n/a Foreign and Commonwealth Office Holding of shares in Chilean schools 4,900 n/a Calcutta Clinic 268 n/a Jakarta International School Bond 22.372 n/a Caracas School 794 n/a Quito School 8,384 n/a Santiago School 360 n/a Home Office HM Prison Service holdings: 38,814 Dairy Crest Shares 9,704 105,000 12,771 Genus Shares 1,277 n/a 3,998 National Milk Records Shares 400 n/a Inland Revenue Holdings of miscellaneous foreign bonds and shares in Companies 821,910 n/a Scottish Office West Highlands Crofters and Farmers Ltd. 10 n/a Department of Trade and Industry AEA Technology plc: £1 Special Rights Preference Share 1 n/a British Aerospace plc: £1 Special Rights Preference Share 1 n/a British Energy plc: £1 Special Shares 1 n/a £1 Ordinary Shares 5,006,246 29.7 million British Nuclear Fuels plc: £1 Ordinary Shares 32,668,243 n/a Cable and Wireless £1 Special Rights Redeemable Preference Share 1 n/a