HC Deb 08 February 1971 vol 811 c19W
103. Mr. McMaster

asked the Secretary for State for Trade and Industry if he will undertake a study of the direct subsidies paid and indirect Government help given to ship-building yards in Europe, the United States of America and the Far East, which compete for orders in world markets with British ship yards.

Sir J. Eden

These matters are currently being studied by the O.E.C.D. Shipbuilding Working Party of which the United Kingdom is a member.