§ Mr. P. Williamsasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty how many orders for new ships have been placed with British yards in the first quarter of 1956; and of what tonnage.
§ Mr. Wingfield DigbyOrders for sixty-four merchant ships of about 325,000 gross tons were licensed for construction in United Kingdom shipyards in the first quarter of 1956.
§ Mr. P. Williamsasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty how many orders for new ships have been placed with yards in the North-East in the first quarter of 1956; and of what tonnage.
§ Mr. Wingfield DigbyOrders for twenty merchant ships of about 146,000 gross tons were licensed for construction in shipyards on the North-East Coast in the first quarter of 1956.