Disappointing, certainly, but a lack of retail exposure and minimal involvement in residential new-build meant the shares avoided the worst of the slide in sentiment towards housing-related stocks.

The system was suspended in 2003 and two years later a new scheme was set up by the profession itself, with minimal involvement of the lord chancellor.

He said that the movie should be judged on its message, not the personal beliefs of the original author, who had minimal involvement in the film.