HC Deb 19 July 1965 vol 716 cc162-3W
Mr. McBride

asked the Minister of Transport if he will stale the amount of capital expenditure on dock improvements to be made in the period 1965 to 1970, in the ports of Hull and Swansea, respectively.

Mr. Tom Fraser

The British Transport Docks Board's programme for the years 1965 to 1969 includes £14.5 million and £4.5 million for improvements at Hull and Swansea respectively. The extent to which this programme will be implemented remains to be decided.

Anthracite* Tinplate Petroleum
Foreign Coastwise Foreign Coastwise Foreign Coastwise
1938† 3,759,023 286,915 194,356
1948† 947,406 108,068 356,939
1958 962,073 251,536 278,337 31,318 340,182 1,878,910
1964 1,641,244 185,889 256,145 18,283 888,858 2,835,693
* May contain a small amount of steam coal or coke.
† No separate figures for foreign or coastwise shipping available for these years.

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