§ 51. Mr. KIRKWOODasked the President of the Board of Trade whether, as nearly one-third of the total unemployment in the shipbuilding and ship-repairing industries is centred in Scotland, he will take steps to ensure that one-third of the building progamme which will arise under the tramp shipping subsidy legislation is allocated to Scottish shipyards?
§ Dr. BURGINI would refer the hon. Member to paragraph 3 of the White Paper (Cmd. 4647) issued in July last, in which it is stated that a shipowner would be free to select the firm to carry out the work, subject only to the work being carried out in yards in Great Britain.