§ Mr. ChurchillTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the future of HMS Bronington.
§ Mr. SainsburyFollowing a competitive tender, a consortia of business men have purchased HMS Bronington. They will be placing the vessel in the hands of a charitable trust, which will ensure its permanent preservation. HMS Bronington will be leased to the Trafford Park development corporation and it proposes to preserve, maintain and use the vessel as a floating museum, representing to the general public life on board one of the Royal Navy's mine hunters. The vessel will be sited for the foreseeable future within or adjacent to the corporation's most prestigious development area, Wharfside, Manchester Docks.