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Mr. Dunn
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer he will make a statement on the level of share ownership in Great Britain.
Mr. Maude
A joint Treasury/ProShare survey carried out in January and February of this year shows that almost 10 million people, or more than 22 per cent. of the adult population in Great Britain, now own shares compared with 7 per cent. in 1979. I am placing copies of the survey report in the Libraries of both Houses.