Fishing Vessels (Foreign Shipyard Orders)

HC Deb 16 December 1963 vol 686 c843

32. Mr. Hoy

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many orders for vessels have been placed with foreign shipyards under the Sea Fish Industry Act, 1962; what was the value of these orders; and what was the amount of grant and loan, respectively.

Mr. Soames

None Sir.

Mr. Hoy

Have any applications been received for this purpose?

Mr. Soames

No order has yet been placed, but I understand that one application is pending for a trawler to be built abroad. That is as far as it has got.