HC Deb 31 July 1984 vol 65 c204W
Mr. Millan

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much of the £82 million cash payment by British Shipbuilders to Scott Lithgow in respect of the sale of that company to Trafalgar House was in respect of anticipated losses of (a) the Britoil contract and (b) the British Petroleum contract.

Mr. Norman Lamont

At this stage anticipated losses on individual contracts are a matter of commercial confidentiality.