§ Mr. Woodburnasked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he is aware that a fully equipped shipyard exists at Alloa, capable of repairing and building ships up to 4,000 tons capacity; that though there is sufficient labour available at the moment for repair work and the possibility of recovering from other industries enough labour for building, no use has yet been made of this capacity; and whether he will take immediate steps to have the matter investigated?
§ Sir V. WarrenderThe potentialities of this shipyard have been fully investigated. The yard, which is being run by its owners as a repair establishment for small ships, has not the facilities for repair work on a larger scale or for building ships, and I can find no evidence of there being the skilled labour available in the district as would be required to expand the yard's present activities.