§ 27. Mr. Thurnhamasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement about the current position on the sale of Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonMy right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry announced on 7 March, at column 596, that British Shipbuilders had been given consent for the sale of Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd. to the buy-out consortium.