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| 1952 | Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer |  |
| 5th Nov London The Bill for the denationalzation of steel is introduced into the House of Commons |
| 1953 | Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 14th May London The Bill for the denationalization of steel is given the Royal Assent |
| 1979 | Joseph | |
| London Challenges British Telecom's monopoly by helping to create Mercury Communications |
| 1980 | Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| London Amershan International is sold for œ71 million |
| 1981 | Lawson, Nigel | |
| 19th Oct London Announces proposals in the House of Commons to privatize BNOC |
| 19th Oct London Announces proposals in the House of Commons to privatize British Gas |
| 10th Nov London Unerwriting for the privatization of BNOC & British Gas is completed |
| 17th Dec London The Bill to privatize British Gas & BNOC is published |
| 1981 | Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| London Cable & Wireless is sold for œ224 million |
| 1982 | Jenkin | |
| London Announces British Telecom is to be privatized |
| 1982 | Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| Bristol Britoil is sold for œ549 million |
| 1983 | Jefferson, George | |
| London Helps the Government prepare BT for privatization |
| 1983 | Lawson, Nigel | |
| 29th June London Decides to sell mor British Petroleum shares due to the increase in PSBR |
| 1983 | Tebbit, Norman | |
| London Introduces a Bill into Parliament to privatize British Telecom |
| 1983 | Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| London Associated British Ports is sold for œ22 million |
| 1984 | Lawson, Nigel | |
| London Completes the privatization of British Telecom |
| 1984 | Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| British Telecom is sold for œ3,916 million |
| Enterprise Oil is sold for œ392 million |
| Jaguar is sold for œ294 million |
| Jaguar Motors is sold to private investors |
| 20th Nov British Telecom is floated on the stock exchange |
| 1985 | Lawson, Nigel | |
| London Introduces a Bill to privatize the Trustee Savings Bank |
| Sep London The Trustee Savings Bank is sold |
| 1985 | Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| 26th Mar London Agrees to the total privatization of British Gas |
| 1986 | Baker, Kenneth | |
| London Publishes the White Paper for the privatization of Water |
| 1986 | Lawson, Nigel | |
| London A 100% of British Gas is offerred for sale in December raising œ5.4 billion |
| 1986 | Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| London British Gas is sold for œ5,434 million |
| 1987 | Lawson, Nigel | |
| British Airways is sold for œ900 million in February |
| 29th Oct Announces in Parliament the BP flotation will go ahead despite the stock market crash |
| 30th Oct BP shares are sold on the stock exchange after a buy back scheme is introduced |
| 1987 | Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| Agrees on the eve of the election with Lawson & Walker to privatize electricity |
| British Airways is sold for œ900 million |
| Rolls Royce is sold for œ1,363 million |
| The British Airports Authority is sold for œ1,281 million |
| 1988 | Parkinson, Cecil | |
| 25th Feb London Announces to the House of Commons his intention to privatize the electricity industry |
| 1988 | Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| London British Steel is sold for œ2,500 million |
| 1989 | Lawson, Nigel | |
| London 10 regional water companies are "floated on the stock exchange in November |
| 1989 | Parkinson, Cecil | |
| London It is decided to keep Magnox power stations under Government control |
| 1989 | Ridley, Nicholas | |
| Dec London The ten regional water authorities are privatized raising œ5 billion |
| 1989 | Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| London The Regional Water Companies are sold for œ5,110 million |
| 1990 | Major, John Roy | |
| London National Power & Power Gen are sold for œ2,230 million |
| London The Electricity Distribution Companies are sold for œ5,092 million |
| 5th Dec London Electricity privatization is launched |
| 1990 | Wakenham, John | |
| Minister responsible for the privatization of the electricity industry |
| 1991 | Major, John Roy | |
| London Scottish Power & Scottish Hydro Electricare sold for œ2,880 million |
| 1993 | Major, John Roy | |
| Legislation is passed to nationalize the railways |
| 1994 | Heseltine, Michael | |
| 3rd Nov London The Cabinet rejects Heseltine's proposals to privatize the Post Office |
| 1994 | Major, John Roy | |
| 1st Feb London There are angry clashes in the House of Commons over the sale of the last major British car manufacturer Rover. |
| 1st Feb The stock-market confirms German prestige car-maker BMW is buying the majority share - 80% - in Rover from British Aerospace (BAe) for œ800 million |
| 29th Dec London The privatization of British Coal Corp is completed |
| 1994 | Simpson, George | |
| 1st Feb Rover chairman George Simpson flies to Tokyo as soon as the BAe board agrees to accept BMW's offer |
| 1st Feb The stock-market confirms German prestige car-maker BMW is buying the majority share - 80% - in Rover from British Aerospace (BAe) for œ800 million |
