HC Deb 10 November 1969 vol 791 cc24-5
27. Mr. Edward M. Taylor

asked the Minister of Technology if he will make a further statement on the proposed ore terminal and steelworks on Clydeside.

Mr. Varley

On the question of the terminal, I have nothing to add to the reply which my right hon. Friend the then Minister of Power gave to my right hon. Friend the Member for Middlesbrough, East (Mr. Bottomley) on 11th July. The Corporation has said that it does not expect that an entirely new integrated steelworks will be required before 1975. —[Vol. 786, c. 337.]

Mr. Taylor

Does the hon. Gentleman still take the view that the Clyde has unique deep water advantages, and does he recall that on 11th July the Minister of State said that the negotiations between the British Steel Corporation and the Clyde port authority would be concluded before the end of the year?

Mr. Varley

On the last part of the supplementary question, I still take that view, and the British Steel Corporation is well aware of the advantages of the Clyde.