Mr. Ted Fletcherasked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will make a statement on the future of the British Ship Research Association, Wallsend on Tyne, which is funded by his Department and individual shipbuilding companies, following the nationalisation of the shipbuilding industry.
§ Mr. KaufmanIt is expected that BSRA will continue to play a primary 313W rôle in research and development in the shipbuilding industry. BSRA's future relationship with British shipbuilders following nationalisation will be a matter for discussion between the RA and the organising committee to be set up after the Second Reading of the Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Bill.