§ Mr. David Priceasked the Secretary of State for Trade what the size of the British merchant shipping fleet was on 1 January 1979; and what it was on 1 January 1980.
§ Mr. TebbitThe size of the United Kingdom registered merchant shipping fleet—covering trading vessels of 500 gross registered tons and over—at 31 December 1978 and at 31 December 1979 was 46.3 and 41.2 million deadweight tons respectively.