§ Mr. Shinwellasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can state the total volume of shipbuilding being built in shipyards abroad for British ship owners and the names of the countries where construction is taking place?
§ Mr. StanleyI have no official figures of the vessels at present under construction abroad for British owners, but according to information in the Press and elsewhere the amount of such building appears to be about 120,000 gross tons, including vessels building in Germany, Holland, Denmark and Sweden.