§ 59. Mr. P. Williamsasked the First Lord of the Admiralty how many orders were placed for new ships to be built in the United Kingdom in the first nine months of 1955; and how this compares with 1954.
§ Mr. DigbyIn the first nine months of this year, 252 ships of 1,400,000 gross tons were licensed. The comparable figures for the first nine months of 1954 were 130 ships of 229,000 gross tons.
§ 60. Mr. P. Williamsasked the First Lord of the Admiralty how many orders for new ships were placed with yards in the north-east in the first nine months of 1955; and how this compares with 1954.
§ Mr. DigbyIn the first nine months of 1955, 89 ships of about 760,000 gross tons were licensed for construction in yards on the north-east coast. The comparable figures for the first nine months of 1954 were seven ships of about 46,000 gross tons.