50. Mr. Edward Taylorasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a further statement on the 233W position of shipbuilding in Upper Clydeside.
§ Mr. John DaviesThe establishment, through Govan Shipbuilders Ltd., of a viable merchant shipbuilding undertaking remains the Government's aim. Studies which I have commissioned from consultants into the conditions for setting up such an undertaking covering the Govan, Linthouse and possibly Scotstoun yards are continuing and I hope to have the results early in the New Year. I will take them into account in the proposals which I expect Govan Shipbuilders Ltd. to put to me. The study I have commissioned into the future potential of Clydebank should also be completed in the New Year.