HC Deb 25 March 1976 vol 908 cc274-5W
Mr. Gordon Wilson

asked the Secretary of State for Indusry if he will list the visits which he and the Organising Committee for British Shipbuilders have paid to Scottish shipbuilding yards.

Mr. Kaufman

The shipyards or works in Scotland of the following companies have been visited on the dates shown by the Organising Committee for British ShipbuildersGovan Shipbuilders Limited. 19th January 1976. Barclay, Curie & Company Limited. 20th January 1976. Scott and Sons (Bowling) Limited. 20th January 1976. Yarrow (Shipbuilders) Limited. 2nd February 1976. Ferguson Brothers (Port Glasgow) Limited. 3rd February 1976. John G. Kincaid & Company Limited. 3rd February 1976. Hall Russell & Company Ltd. 16th February 1976. The Grangemouth Dockyard Co. Ltd. 17th February 1976. Lithgows Limited. 23rd-24th February 1976. Scott Lithgow Drydocks Limited. 23rd-24th February 1976. Scotts' Shipbuilding Company Limited. 23rd-24th February 1976. Scotts' Engineering Company Limited. 23rd-24th February 1976.

The Committee plans to visit the shipyards and works of Robb Caledon Shipbuilders Limited at Dundee, Burntisland and Leith on 1st and 2nd April 1976.

Arrangements have been made for my hon. Friend the Under-Secretary of State for Industry—Mr. Neil Carmichael—to visit certain Scottish shipyards in the near future.