§ 110. Mr. Edward Evansasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty the present position in regard to the supply of steel to shipbuilding and ship repair establishments in the port of Lowestoft.
§ Mr. T. G. D. GalbraithFirms in Lowestoft engaged in shipbuilding and ship repairing have had difficulty in obtaining their requirements of steel plate and heavy sections; one firm imported a substantial proportion of its supplies during 1956.
There is a world shortage of plate and the shipbuilding and ship repairing industries have shared in the difficulties this creates.