§ Mr. McNamaraasked the Minister of Technology if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT, yard-by-yard, the value of orders placed outside the development areas with shipyards not covered by the Geddes Report, the time in which it is expected that the orders will be completed and the percentage in value of such orders which are for export.
§ Mr. FowlerIt is not the practice to reveal information about individual yards' orders-on-hand. The total value of these54W yards' orders for new ships at 30th September is estimated at £26 million of which 60 per cent. was for export. 58 per cent. should be completed by the middle of 1969. The reports of orders on which these figures are based may not be complete and they do not cover commercial craft of under 100 gross tons. Further orders will have been taken since 30th September.