HC Deb 06 May 1958 vol 587 cc97-8W
80. Mr. Bence

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty if his attention has been drawn to the announcement by the Cunard Company in its annual report that the building of the new liner, s.s. "Britannic", is to be postponed; and what steps he is taking to offset the unemployment that will arise in Clydebank, as a consequence of this postponement.

Mr. T. G. D. Galbraith

It is understood that the shipbuilding programme of the firm concerned has been so rearranged that no dislocation of its labour force will occur as a result of the postponement of the building of the new liner.

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