§ Mr. MackinlayTo ask the Prime Minister what completion date was given by(a) Swan Hunter and (b) Harland and Wolff, in bidding for the contract to construct the Royal Navy supertanker Fort Victoria; and if he will make a statement.
§ The Prime MinisterThe original acceptance date for Fort Victoria based on Harland and Wolff's tender was January 1990. The date offered by Swan Hunter Shipbuilders was later that year.