§ 66. Mr. Willeyasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty how many orders for new ships have been placed with British shipyards during 1956, and for what tonnage; and what were the corresponding figures for 1955.
§ Mr. DigbyThe latest figures available show that, during the first quarter of 1956, orders for 64 merchant ships of 325,283 gross tons were licensed for construction in United Kingdom shipyards as compared with 60 of 214,297 gross tons in the first quarter of 1955.