§ Mr. Onslowasked the Secretary of State for Trade if he will list the British ports at which Soviet-registered vessels made calls within the latest 12-month period for which figures are available, indicating the number of such calls during this period in each case.
§ Mr. TebbitThe information for 1979 is as follows:
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Aberdeen 11 Ardrossan 1 Avonmouth 30 Ayr 1 Barry 9 Belfast 40 Blyth 2 Boston 12 Bristol 3 Burton on Stather 1 Cardiff 21 Creeksea 22 Dover 2 Dundee 4 Eastham 10 Ellesmere Port 35 Falmouth 97 Fawley 9 Felixstowe 2 Fowey 16 Garston 23 Glasgow 4 Goole 43 Grangemouth 43 Great Yarmouth 5 Greenock 3 Grimsby 15 Gunness 34
Hartlepool 9 Harwich 1 Heysham 10 Holyhead 1 Howendyke 3 Hull 157 Immingham 48 Inverness 2 Ipswich 6 Isle of Grain 5 Keadby 5 Kings Lynn 29 Kirkwall 1 Leith 17 Lerwick 12 Liverpool 74 London 378 Manchester 10 Margate 1 Mersey Bar 3 Methil 3 Milford Haven 43 Neaphouse 5 Newhaven 8 Newport 31 Nore Anchorage 5 Oakhamness 6 Plymouth 10 Portbury 10 Portsmouth 10 Preston 11 Rochester 20 Rochford 1 Runcorn 3 Saltend 11 Scapa Flow 3 Sharpness 4 Sheerness 5 Shellhaven 3 Shoreham 36 Southampton 33 Southend 3 Stanlow 1 Sunderland 1 Swansea 10 Tail of the Bank 1 Tees 36 Teignmouth 1 Torquay 1 Tyne 19 Warrenpoint 1 Whitstable 1 The total number of port calls by Soviet-registered vessels in 1979 was 1,606. This figure includes calls by vessels of both the Soviet merchant and fishing fleets.