§ Mr. Skeetasked the Secretary of State for Industry (1) what is his estimate of the tonnage of merchant ships produced annually by Common Market countries; and what percentage of total capacity in each state these figures represent;
(2) what is the United Kingdom capacity for building merchant shipping; and
'000 Gross Registered Tons 1974 1975 1976 United Kingdom … … … … … … 1,198 1,170 1,500 Belgium … … … … … … … 256 201 211 Denmark … … … … … … … 1,076 969 1,034 France … … … … … … … 1,046 1,150 1,673 Germany (F.R.) … … … … … … 2,142 2,499 1,874 Italy … … … … … … … 953 792 715 Netherlands … … … … … … 942 1,028 634 Republic of Ireland … … … … … 0.4 30.5 29