§ Mr. P. Williamsasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty the total tonnage of new shipbuilding orders placed with shipyards in the north-east.
§ Mr. Wingfield DigbyDuring 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. Williamsasked 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 DigbyDuring 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.