HC Deb 07 March 1983 vol 38 c305W
Mr. Colvin

asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he has yet received the report of the Ministry of Defence and General Council of British Shipping's working group on the use of merchant ships in the defence role.

Mr. Ian Stewart

No. I understand, however, that the working party set up, announced by my hon. Friend the Minister of State for Defence Procurement in the House on 18 October 1982 is making good progress in its examination of ways in which merchant vessels likely to be required in any future emergency might be designed, modified or equipped to fit them for a role in support of naval or military forces or for self-defence.

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