§ 22. Mr. Willeyasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will make a further statement on Government policy about the shipbuilding industry.
§ Mr. John DaviesGovernment policy was made clear during the recent passage of the Shipbuilding Industry Bill. I
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Inspectors appointed under Appointments relating to Year Applications or cases noted S. 164 S. 165 (a)(i) S. 165 (b) Public Companies Private Companies Companies in which appointments not made 1958 … … … 64 2 — 1 1 2 61 1959 … … … 67 2 — 1 1 2 64 1960 … … … 72 — — 14 13 1 58 1961 … … … 81 — — 5 3 2 76 1962 … … … 88 1 — 10 3 8 77 1963 … … … 90 — 5 2 2 5 83 1964 … … … 121 — 2 12 7 7 107 1965 … … … 146 — 2 2 3 1 142 1966 … … … 150 1 — 13 3 11 136 1967 … … … 240 — — 18 12 6 222 1968 … … … 338 1 1 14 — 16 322 1969 … … … 390 — — 26 3 23 364 1970 … … … 400 — — 15 3 12 385 5 months to 31st May 1971 … … 147 — 1 5 2 4 141 Where appointments were not made it was because either there was no case or they were not proceeded with or they were disposed of after discussion with the persons concerned or the companies were compulsorily wound-up or went into voluntary liquidation or inquiries were conducted under Section 109 of the Companies Act 1967. It is not possible to quote figures under each of those separate heads without undue expenditure of time. intend to make a further announcement before the summer adjournment on future arrangements for credit facilities for orders placed in United Kingdom yards by United Kingdom owners.