§ Miss Wilkinsonasked the Minister of Shipping whether, in view of the fact that National Shipbuilders Security, Limited, having acquired many of the best shipbuilding sites in the country, have sterilised them for shipbuilding for 40 years, he will now take powers to remove this ban as being against the national interest?
§ Sir J. GilmourI would refer to the answer which my right hon. Friend the President of the Board of Trade gave to a similar question by the hon. Member on the 2nd May last. The shipbuilding capacity of the country is kept under constant review in relation to demands for tonnage and the available supplies of skilled labour and materials.
§ Miss Wilkinsonasked the Minister of Shipping how many of the directors of National Shipbuilders Security, Limited, have been appointed as advisers to his Department or have been placed in charge of any section of it?
§ Sir J. GilmourOne of the directors of National Shipbuilders Security, Limited, is assisting my Department, at present in an advisory capacity.