HC Deb 24 October 1956 vol 558 c30W
Mr. P. Williams

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty the total tonnage of new shipbuilding orders placed with shipyards in the north-east.

Mr. Wingfield Digby

During the first nine months of 1956, orders for 67 merchant ships of 646,000 gross tons were licensed for construction in shipyards on the north-east coast.

Mr. P. Williams

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty the total tonnage of new shipbuilding orders placed in the United Kingdom in the first nine months of 1956.

Mr. Wingfield Digby

During the first nine months of 1956, orders for 189 merchant ships of 1,214,000 gross tons were licensed for construction in United Kingdom shipyards.