§ 60. Mr. Milneasked the President of the Board of Trade if, following the visits of the Minister of State for Shipping to Japan, Sweden and the larger shipyards in Great Britain, he will now visit the smaller shipyards in the North-East and elsewhere.
§ Mr. MasonIn the course of my initial visits in the United Kingdom I have visited nineteen shipbuilding yards of which four normally only build smaller ships of under 5,000 gross tons. As soon as I have the opportunity, I intend to visit more yards, including some of the smaller ones.