§ 53. Mr. Hector Hughesasked the Minister of Transport if he is yet in a position to state what steps he proposes to take on the results of the recent inquiry by the special sub-committee of the Shipbuilding Advisory Committee into the problems of the shipbuilding and ship-repairing industry, with special reference to Aberdeen and the north-east of Scotland generally.
§ Mr. MarplesThree of the recommendations of the sub-committee of the Shipbuilding Advisory Committee were addressed to the Government. One of these was about credit facilities. The measures announced last month by the President of the Board of Trade are relevant to this. I am considering the other two, which related to possible scrapping schemes and orders for Government-owned ships. None of the recommendations had special reference to the northeast of Scotland.