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Britoil Privatisation Statement

Great Britain · Government / Conservative Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1982

Nigel Lawson27 October 1982

London · Government / Conservative Party Government

Announces to the House of Commons that the Government intends to offer 51 percent of Britoil shares for sale as part of the transfer of BNOC's oil-producing business to the private sector.

Names involved

Nigel Lawson

Provenance

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