§ 58. Mr. Bakerasked the Secretary of State for Defence if in future, when placing contracts for light coastal or other light naval craft, he will place orders specifically in development areas such as Banffshire.
§ Mr. HealeyNo. Most shipbuilding areas are also development districts and it would be unfair to single out one in 5W particular for preferential treatment. We have found that the fairest way of distributing naval shipbuilding contracts is to place orders, wherever this is practicable, as a result of competitive tendering.