§ Mr. Merlyn Reesasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list the loans made in 1971 between 1st April and 31st December by the Shipbuilding Industry Board under Section 4 of the Shipbuilding Industry Act, 1967.
§ Mr. RidleyBetween 1st April and 31st December, 1971, the S.I.B. made the following loans under Section 4 of the Shipbuilding Industry Act, 1967:—
Borrowing Company Amount of Loan £ Lithgows (1969) Ltd. 971,396 Scotts' Shipbuilding Co. (1969) Ltd. 700,000 Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. 814,000 Cochrane & Sons Ltd. 200,000 Drypool Engineering & Dry Dock Co. Ltd. 134,000 Ryton Marine Ltd. 99,950 Charles D. Holmes & Co. Ltd. 85,244 3,004,590
§ Mr. Merlyn Reesasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list the outstanding liabilities vested in him as a result of the dissolution of the Shipbuilding Industry Board.
§ Mr. RidleyApart from one or two minor accounts which may remain to be paid there are no liabilities arising from the dissolution of the S.I.B. but I have succeeded to the rights of the S.I.B. in
Million tons 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 Imports … … 0.8 1.2 1.5 0.6 0.9 1.6 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.0 Exports … … 2.9 3.2 3.5 3.5 3.3 3.7 4.1 3.7 3.8 4.7 The figures cover ingots and other primary forms; bars, rods, angles, shapes and sections; universals, plates and sheets; hoop and strip; certain rails and railway track material; tubes, pipes and fittings; castings and forgings, unworked; and railway locomotive axles, tyres and wheels.
§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much steel has been imported into Great Britain since June, 1970, from which countries; at what costs; and whether, under the existing rules and regulations of the European Coal and Steel Community,
256Wrespect of a holding of 12 million 5s. ordinary shares in Upper Clyde Shipbuilders Ltd. (in liquidation) and in respect of loans to the following shipbuilders:—
Shipbuilder Amount of Loan Principal Outstanding £ Drypool Engineering & Drydock Co. Ltd. 424,000 Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. 1,032,750 Robb Caledon Shipbuilders Ltd. 400,000 Harland & Wolff Ltd. 8,000,000 Yarrow (Shipbuilders) Ltd. 1,185,000 Ryton Marine Ltd. 99,950 Charles D. Holmes & Co. Ltd. 85,244 Scott Lithgow Ltd. 3,800,000 Upper Clyde Shipbuilders Ltd (In liquidation). 3,520,000