§ 21. Mr. Lawsonasked the First Lord of the Admiralty the number of shipyards in the United Kingdom closed and sterilised by National Shipbuilding Securities, Limited, which have been reopened for shipbuilding since the war began; and the number still remaining closed?
Mr. AlexanderFor the reasons given by my hon. Friend the Civil Lord in a reply to the hon. Member for Govan (Mr. Maclean) on 10th December, 1940, I am not prepared to give detailed information on the subject of British shipbuilding capacity.
§ Mr. A. EdwardsIs it true that the gentleman responsible for Shipbuilding Securities, who destroyed our capacity to build ships, is still responsible for shipbuilding?
Mr. AlexanderI have already pointed out that it is not a question of an individual, but of the arrangements within the industry carried through by National Shipbuilding Securities, Limited.