§ Mr. DalyellTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will meet the management of Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd., to discuss the progress of the inquiries as to(a) why a large section of a new nuclear-powered submarine came to be welded on upside down at the Barrow yard and (b) why sections of a Trident submarine were lost overboard from a Bahamas registered cargo vessel off the Mull of Galloway and Walney Island in February.
§ Mr. SainsburyI have no plans to meet the management of VSEL at present.