§ Dr. John Dunwoodyasked the President of the Board of Trade (1) in each of the last five years, what have been the number of registered British oil tankers of over 100,000 tons;
(2) in each of the last five years, what has been the total number of oil tankers of over 100,000 tons operating in the world.
§ Mr. J. P. W. MallalieuFollowing is the information:
the first half of 1968 should be appreciably below that for the first half of 1967 and below the first half-year average for the five years preceding 1967. We have told the Governments concerned that we are relying on their co-operation in this, that we intend to watch the situation very closely and that we would expect to have further bilateral discussions with them should the need arise.