HC Deb 10 July 1963 vol 680 cc146-7W
52. Dame Irene Ward

asked the Minister of Transport if he will now make a statement on his conversations with the chairman of the Cunard Company with regard to the replacement of the"Queen Mary".

Mr. Galbraith

I have nothing to add to the Answer my right hon. Friend gave to the hon. Member for Jarrow (Mr. Fernyhough) on the 3rd July.

54. Dame Irene Ward

asked the Minister of Transport if he will give an assurance that in conversations with the Cunard Company for a replacement of the Queen liners he will draw their attention to the fact that the previous acceptable tender would have resulted in the Queen being built on Tyneside, and to the need for Her Majesty's Government and the Cunard Company to take account of the interests of the shipbuilders on that river.

Mr. Galbraith

We now have a new proposition before us on which a decision has not yet been taken. Obviously, at this stage I cannot comment on the claims of any particular area of the shipbuilding industry.

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