HC Deb 24 July 1984 vol 64 c566W
Mr. Lewis Stevens

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he has received the British Shipbuilders' annual report and accounts for 1983–84.

Mr. Norman Lamont

My right hon. Friend will tomorrow, in accordance with Sections 17(9) and 18(6) of the Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Act 1977, lay before each House copies of British Shipbuilders annual report and accounts for 1983–84.

In addition my right hon. Friend will be placing in the Library of the House a notification as to form of accounts issued to British Shipbuilders on 5 July 1984, supplementing the existing requirements of section 17 of the Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Act 1977, and in accordance with which British Shipbuilders has prepared its accounts for 1983–84.