§ 59. Mr. Galbraithasked the President of the Board of Trade what information has has received, from international organisations to which the United Kingdom belongs, as to the average labour cost as a proportion of the total cost of building a ship in Great Britain, Germany, Sweden, and Japan, respectively.
§ Mr. MasonAn expert Working Party of the O.E.C.D. Industry Committee is at present studying shipbuilding. Its report,216W which is expected shortly, will doubtless contain some information about labour costs.