§ Mr. Gryllsasked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will make a statement on Government policy on ship repairing; and whether he intends to seek to return the nationalised ship repair yards to the private sector.
§ Mr. ButcherThe losses made by British Shipbuilders on ship repair are of considerable concern to the Government who do not wish to see the private sector undermined by public sector losses. BS is urgently examining measures by which ship repair can be brought to viability. It remains the Government's intention, time permitting, to introduce legislation in this Parliament to facilitate the introduction of private capital in British Shipbuilders.