§ 87. Mr. LAMBERTasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Shipping Controller to what Department buildings at Chepstow yard costing £187,000 have been transferred; and what was the actual tonnage and value of the ships completed, of which 15,312 tons and valued at £570,000 were in course of construction when the yards were taken over by the Government?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the MINISTRY of SHIPPING (Colonel Leslie Wilson)The Mount Pleasant Hospital, Chepstow, costing £110,000 has been transferred to the Ministry of Pensions, and various buildings at the White City Depot, Bristol, costing £77,000, have been taken over by the War Office. Of the vessels acquired with the yard at Chepstow having an aggregate deadweight tonnage of 15,312 tons when completed about 11,900 tons valued at £446,000 was added after acquisition.