§ 49. Mr. P. Williamsasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether he will make a statement about further improving the supplies of steel to the shipbuilding industry.
§ Mr. T. G. D. GalbraithThe shipbuilding industry has received about 5 per cent. more shipyard steel this year than in the corresponding period last year. The percentage increases for individual months are a good deal higher than this except for March and April when conditions were abnormal because of the shipyard strike.
§ 52. Mr. Willeyasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty how deliveries of steel supplies to the shipbuilding industry for the first six months of this year compare with the supplies for the corresponding period last year.
§ Mr. T. G. D. GalbraithI would refer the hon. Member to the reply I have given today to the hon. Member for Sunderland, South (Mr. P. Williams) which indicates how supplies in the first five months of 1957 have compared with the corresponding period of 1956. Figures to show deliveries made in June, 1957, are not yet available.