The Rt. Hon. Sir John Major KG CH

Prime Minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1990-1997

Chief Secretary (1987-1989)

Mr Major’s Written Parliamentary Answer on Government-Owned Companies – 20 June 1988

Below is the text of Mr Major’s written Parliamentary Answer on Government-Owned Companies on 20th June 1988.


Mr. Fry To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the trading concerns and companies which are still either fully or partly owned by Her Majesty’s Government.

Mr. Major Details of Her Majesty’s Government’s holdings of shares and other securities are shown annually in the “Consolidated Fund and National Loans Fund Accounts, Supplementary Statements”, a copy of which is held in the Library.