British Shipbuilders and British Aerospace (Hansard, 12 January 1978)

§ Mr. Les Huckfield

Following is the information:

BRITISH SHIPBUILDERS

Wholly-owned subsidiaries

Appledore Shipbuilders Limited
Appledore Constructions Ltd.
Appledore Shipbuilders Training Centre Ltd.
Appledore Shiprepairers Ltd.
Seemark Switches Ltd.
R. Harris & Son (Builders) Ltd.
R. Harris & Son (Concrete) Ltd.
R. Harris & Son (Brunton Builders) Ltd.
R. Harris & Son (Plant Hire) Ltd.
Hobbs & Smith Ltd.
Mirmakin Ltd.
William Squires Merchants Ltd.
Warethorn Properties Ltd.
Yawbrook Ltd.
Lintsgress Ltd.
Austin & Pickersgill Ltd.
Bartram & Son Ltd.
Barclay Curie & Co. Limited
Brooke Marine Limited
Cammell Laird Shipbuilders Limited
Cammell Laird (Training) Ltd.
Cammell Laird Shipbuilding Services Ltd.
Bluescroll Ltd.
Mastlake Ltd.
Moonchase Ltd.
Oakspine Ltd.
George Clarke & NEM Limited
The Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd.
Clelands Shipbuilding Company Ltd.
Govan Shipbuilders Limited
Scotstoun Marine Ltd.
Strathclyde Training Co.
Simons-Lobnitz Ltd.
Hall Russell & Company Ltd.
Alexander Hall & Co. Ltd.
Hall Russell Training Centre Ltd.
Hawthorn Leslie (Engineers) Ltd.
Doxford-Hawthorn Research Services Ltd.
John G. Kincaid & Company Limited
River Thames Shiprepairs Ltd. (The London Graving Dock Co. Ltd., and R. & H. Green & Silley Weir Ltd., with their subsidiaries are to be merged under River Thames Shiprepairs).
The London Graving Dock Co. Ltd.
LGD Shiprepairs Ltd.
Thames Services (Marine) Ltd.
Burweld Ltd.
Devroome Developments Ltd.
Southampton Services (Marine) Ltd.
Universal Welding & Construction Co. Ltd.
Denton Slipways Ltd.
Estuary Shiprepair & Engineering Services Ltd.
Ayr Engineering & Constructional Co. Ltd.
Grisdale & Barton Ltd.
London Graving Dock (Industrial) Ltd.
High Pressure Spraying & Painting Co. Ltd.
KDK Welding & Construction Ltd.
The London Welding Co. Ltd.
London & Tilbury Dry Docks Co. Ltd.
R. & H. Green & Silley Weir Ltd.
British Arc Welding Co. Ltd.
J. Kirkcaldy & Son Ltd.
London Scaling Co. Ltd.
Morgan Asbestos & Insulation Co. Ltd.
Henry Edie & Co. Ltd.
Robb Caledon Shipbuilders Limited
Robb Caledon Shipbuilders (Training) Ltd.
Henry Robb (LPG) Ltd.
Menzies & Co. Ltd.
The Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd.
Taysteel (Structural Engineers) Ltd.
Scott Lithgow Ltd.
Scott's Shipbuilding Company Limited
Lithgows Limited
Scott & Sons (Bowling) Limited
Ferguson Brothers (Port Glasgow) Limited
Caledonia Fabrications Ltd.
Caledonia Joinery Co. Ltd.
Newark Ferguson Ltd.
The Cowal Enginering Co. Ltd.
Greenock Engineering Co. Ltd.
Scott Lithgow (Offshore) Ltd.
Scott's Engineering Company Limited
The Scott Lithgow Training Centre Limited
Scott Lithgow Drydocks Limited
Silley Cox & Co. Ld.
Falmouth Towage Co. Ltd.
Conoley & Co. Ltd.
Smith's Dock Company Ltd.
Grangemouth Dockyard Co. Ltd.
Gray (Tees) Ltd.
Sunderland Shipbuilders & Engineering Ltd.
Doxford Engines Ltd.
Sunderland Electrical & Equipment Co. Ltd.
The Sunderland Forge & Engineering Co. Ltd.
British Marine Equipment Service Ltd.
Wolsingham Steel Co. Ltd.
Wear Winch & Foundry Co. Ltd.
Sunderland Magnetic Ltd.
J. L. Thompson & Sons Ltd.
John Crown & Sons Ltd.
Sir James Laing & Sons
T. W. Greenwell & Co. Ltd.
K. & L. Marine Equipment Ltd.
Swan Hunter Shipbuilders Limited
Mid-Tyne Ferries Ltd.
Titan Crane Ltd.
Tyne Shipbuilders (Naval Yard) Ltd.
Hawthorn Leslie (Shipbuilding Successors) Ltd.
Adamfine Ltd.
Elmchoice Ltd.
Freedstow Ltd.
Gamefine Ltd.
Larkgrade Ltd.
Leecoln Ltd.
Parkcroft Ltd.
Poolsprings Ltd.
Stegvale Ltd.
Terenko Ltd.
Tekroy Ltd.
Swan Hunter Training & Safety Company Limited
Vickers Shipbuilding Group Limited
Clark & Stanfield Ltd.
Vosper Shiprepairers Ltd.
Vosper Thornycroft (UK) Ltd.
Keith Nelson & Co. Ltd.
Vosper Thornycroft (Training) Ltd.
Basingstoke Buildings Ltd.
Wallsend Dry Dock Ltd.
The Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co. Ltd.
W. H. (Terminal) Ltd.
Yarrow (Shipbuilders) Limited
Yarrow (Training) Limited

Partly-owned subsidiaries North East Coast Shiprepairers Limited (100 per cent. of ordinary share capital owned by Corporation but none of preference shares)

Brigham & Cowan Ltd.	Wholly-owned subsidiaries of NECS
Brigham & Cowan (Hull) Ltd.
Greenwell Drydocks Ltd.
The Mercantile Dry Dock Co. Ltd.
The Middle Docks & Engineering Co. Ltd.
The Middle Docks Pension Trust Ltd.
North East Coast Contractors Ltd.

The Falmouth Docks & Engineering Co. (100 per cent. of ordinary share capital owned by Corporation but none of preference shares) Burntisland Engineers & Fabricators Ltd. (52 per cent. of ordinary share capital owned by Corporation)

BRITISH AEROSPACE

Wholly-owned Subsidiaries

British Aircraft Corporation Limited
Hawker Siddeley Aviation Limited
Hawker Siddeley Dynamics Limited
Scottish Aviation Limited
BAC (Holdings) Ltd.
BAC (AT) Ltd.
BAC (Insurance Brokers) Ltd.
BAC (Insurance) Ltd.
BAC (Pension Fund Trustees) Ltd.
HSA/HSD Pension Funds Trustees Ltd.
British Aerospace Australia Ltd.
British Aerospace Inc.
British Scandinavian Aviation AB
HS Systems Ltd.
BAC (Commercial Aircraft) Ltd.
BAC (Preston) Ltd.
BAC (Guided Weapons) Ltd.
HSA Leasing Ltd.
BAC ("E" Nominees) Ltd.
BAC ("H" Nominees) Ltd.
BAC ("V" Nominees) Ltd.
British and Colonial Aeroplane Co (1936) Ltd.
The Bristol Aviation Co Ltd.
Business Jet Aviation Co. (a wholly-owned subsidiary of British Aerospace Inc)

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Note: The companies which became subsidiaries of British Aerospace by virtue of Schedule 1 to the Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Act 1977—the first four in the above list—have ceased to be operating units as a result of the new organisation introduced by the Corporation on 1st January 1978, following the report laid before Parliament by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Industry on 6th December 1977. The remaining subsidiaries have either been formed since vesting or were subsidaries of the vesting companies.