§ Mr. Gordon Brownasked the Secretary of State for Defence if serving naval officers and serving civil servants are to be permitted to form private companies to bid for the commercial franchise for running Her Majesty's royal dockyard at Rosyth.
§ Mr. LeeIf a request were to be made by the management at Rosyth dockyard to bid for the contract to manage the dockyard, it would, of course, be considered on its merits in exactly the same way as was the request by the management team at Devonport dockyard.
§ Mr. Gordon Brownasked the Secretary of State for Defence which private contractors or their representatives visited Her Majesty's Rosyth dockyard on 9 December; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. LeeNone of the firms which have expressed an interest in the Government's plans for the commercial management of Rosyth dockyard made visits on 9 December. However, as part of a separate exercise, PA Management Consultants began on that day a study aimed at developing new management systems to improve efficiency, productivity and competitiveness within the dockyard.