§ 36. Mr. James Johnsonasked the Minister for Trade what has been the change in the size of the United Kingdom owned and registered merchant shipping fleet in the latest available 12-month period.
§ Mr. SproatIn the year to end-December 1982, the latest period for which information is available, the United Kingdom-owned and registered merchant fleet declined by 4.7 million deadweight tons, a fall of 15.9 per cent. over the year.