§ Mr. Wheatleyasked the Minister of Labour whether he will introduce new regulations for shipbuilding and ship repairing following upon the preliminary draft of a new code issued by his Department in August, 1950.
§ Sir W. MoncktonIt is proposed to discuss the preliminary draft with representatives of various interested bodies and then to prepare a revised draft, which, under the statutory procedure, will have to be published and objections considered before the regulations could be finally made. The right hon. and learned Gentleman will appreciate that the task is a substantial one, involving consideration of a good deal of detail by parties concerned, and I am afraid that some time must inevitably elapse before the new code can be finally settled. I will, however, do all I can to speed up the procedure.