§ Mr. Woolmerasked the Minister for Trade which of the following categories of vessels he includes in his estimates of the value of cross trade earnings of United Kingdom shipping: (a) United Kingdom owned and registered, (b) United Kingdom owned but foreign registered, (c) foreign owned but United Kingdom registered, (d) chartered-in vessels flying the United Kingdom flag and (e) chartered-in vessels flying a foreign flag.
§ Mr. SproatStatistics of United Kingdom shipping industry earnings cover vessels owned, or chartered from abroad, by United Kingdom resident shipping companies. This includes categories(a), (d) and (e) in the question. Vessels registered abroad and owned by overseas subsidiaries of United Kingdom companies are not included.