HC Deb 30 July 1981 vol 9 c453W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

asked the Secretary of State for Trade how many vessels have been detained with serious defects in (a) Boston and (b) Grimsby in the last 10 years.

Mr. Eyre

From 1975 to date four ships have been detained at Grimsby, and one at Boston. Figures for earlier years are not readily available and could only be extracted with disproportionate effort.