HC Deb 24 January 1978 vol 942 cc568-9W
Mr. Leadbitter

asked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will publish in the Official Report the value and tonnage of shipbuilding orders in the past two years which British shipowners have awarded to foreign shipbuilding yards.

Mr. Les Huckfield

In the two years to the end of September 1977, new orders for ships for United Kingdom registration totalling 370,000 gross tons, with an estimated value of £183 million, were placed abroad.