HC Deb 09 December 1959 vol 615 cc53-4W
Lieut.-Commander Maydon

asked the Civil Lord of the Admiralty what is the nature of the agreement signed in Malta on 11th September for the transfer of dockyard plant and equipment to Bailey (Malta) Limited.

Mr. C. Ian Orr-Ewing

The agreement covers the sale of the Admiralty-owned machinery, plant, equipment and other goods which were in the Dockyard at the time of its transfer to Bailey (Malta) Ltd. The purchase price is £750,000, of which a first instalment of £230,000 has been paid; six instalments of £76,500 are to be paid in each of the years 1962 to 1967, and a final instalment of £61,000 in 1968.

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