HC Deb 21 December 1960 vol 632 c179W
Commander Kerans

asked the Civil Lord of the Admiralty his policy regarding refits of ships in the reserve fleet at West Hartlepool.

Mr. C. Ian Orr-Ewing

Refits of ships in the reserve fleet at West Hartlepool, as elsewhere in the United Kingdom, are carried out, as far as possible, in the Royal Dockyards. The remainder is put out to tender in the locality in which the ship is based, wherever this is practicable.