§ Mr. McMasterasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will take steps to introduce a scrap and build plan to assist British shipowners and shipbuilding yards.
§ Mr. Pounderasked the President of the Board of Trade what percentage of new shipping registered in British ports during each of the past 10 years was built in British shipyards.
§ Mr. MasonThe percentage of new shipping of 500 gross tons and over registered in United Kingdom ports and built in United Kingdom yards during each of the last 10 years was as follows:
Year Percentage 1955 … … … 96 1956 … … … 93 1957 … … … 89 1958 … … … 78 1959 … … … 76 1960 … … … 77 1961 … … … 66 1962 … … … 52 1963 … … … 68 1964 … … … 65
§ Mr. Pounderasked the President of the Board of Trade what was the total tonnage of newly-built shipping registered in British ports during each of the last five years.
§ Mr. MasonThe total tonnages of newly-built ships of 500 gross tons and over registered in United Kingdom ports during each of the last five years were as follows:
Year 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 Thousand gross tons 1,492 1,580 1,512 1,220 1,039
§ Mr. Pounderasked the President of the Board of Trade what was the tonnage 285W of new shipping registered in British ports, yet built abroad, during each of the past 10 years; and in which countries, together with the relevant tonnage, these ships were built.
Thousand gross tons Country of Build 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 Australia … … — — — — — — — 22 — — Belgium … … — — — 34 67 13 16 — — — Canada … … — — — 26 27 — — — — — Denmark … … — — 12 — — — — — — — Finland … … — — — 7 — — — — — — France … … — 7 9 7 24 29 9 63 48 2 Germany, West … … 8 47 53 123 70 133 158 64 94 53 Hong Kong … … — — — — — 6 — 6 — — Italy … … — — — 56 116 70 47 — — — Japan … … — — 24 13 — 31 109 179 94 159 Netherlands … … 31 6 12 2 23 26 73 195 42 27 Norway … … — 2 — 1 — — 16 — — — Portugal … … — — — 1 1 — — — — — Spain … … — — — 9 — — — 2 9 1 Sweden … … — — 13 27 42 34 104 190 100 126 Yugoslavia … … — — — 6 — — — — — — TOTAL … … 39 62 123 312 370 342 532 721 387 368