§ LORD ORR-EWINGasked:
When Her Majesty's Government are expecting the further report that they have called for on the future of the United Kingdom shipbuilding industry; and when they will announce the measures they will take to match the actions that overseas Governments have 810WA taken to stimulate their own shipbuilding industries.
§ LORD DRUMALBYNWe expect to receive the consultants' report on the shipbuilding industry by about the end of the year. The Government will then consider the report and formulate a policy for the industry in the light of it, taking account of what overseas Governments do to support their own shipbuilding industries. Preliminary indications are that the level of financial assistance available to the United Kingdom shipbuilding industry compares favourably with that available overseas.
House adjourned at six minutes before six O'clock.