HC Deb 13 May 1964 vol 695 c72W
Mr. McMaster

asked the Minister of Transport, what orders British shipowners have placed with foreign shipyards in each of the past five years.

Vice-Admiral Hughes Hallett

I understand that the tonnage of shipping ordered abroad for United Kingdom registration by companies resident in the United Kingdom was 198,000 gross tons in 1963; 32,000 gross tons in 1962; 53,000 gross tons in 1961; 62,000 gross tons in 1960; and 49,000 gross tons in 1959.