Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 12 Mai 1987.
Yes. The industries that were nationalised by the Opposition and that have been privatised by us have done very much better since privatisation, not only in profits, therefore in contributing to tax and helping us to finance the Health Service and other things as well, but for the people who work in them. I noted a report in The Times today referring to the National Freight Corporation, which said;
An original £1 stake in NFC is now worth £46 and about 6,000 employees have holdings worth more than £12,000 each, with a sizeable number approaching £100,000.
That is an opportunity for employees which the Opposition would love to deny to or take away from them.