§ Dr. David Clarkasked the Secretary of State for Trade (1) if Her Majesty's Government will seek to reverse the European Community regulations on matching aid and credit for the shipbuilding industry;
(2) if he will make a statement on the effect of European Economic Community regulations on credit facilities which British Shipbuilders offered to a shipowner for the building of two ships in January 1982;
(3) if he will list in the Official Report details of all the occasions when the European Economic Community Commission has overruled the credit facilities offered to shipowners by British Shipbuilders in each of the last five years;
(4) if he will make a statement on the effects he anticipates European Community regulations on matching aid and credit for the shipbuilding industry will have on the industry in the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. Peter ReesI shall reply to the hon. Member as soon as possible.
§ Dr. David Clarkasked the Secretary of State for Trade whether any shipbuilding orders have been lost to British Shipbuilders as a result of the European Economic Community policy on credit regulations; and, if so, if he will give the number of orders and their value.
§ Mr. Peter ReesI am not aware of any order which has been lost to British Shipbuilders as a result of the European Community policy on credit regulations.