§ Mr. Gordon Brownasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make it his policy to stipulate in the contracts awarded to companies to manage the royal dockyards after April 1987 that no work may be carried out in the dockyards for the Argentinian navy, the South African navy or the Chilean navy.
§ Mr. Norman LamontIt is not planned to place on contractors a blanket restriction on carrying out work in the dockyards for other navies. However, it is intended that, under the contracts, the prior approval of the Ministry of Defence would be required before the contractors could agree to undertake any such work in the dockyards. Decisions would be taken in the light of Government policy towards particular countries at the time.
§ Mr. Gordon Brownasked the Secretary of State for Defence what proportion of foreign shareholdings will be permitted in the company or companies which are awarded the contracts for commercial management of the royal dockyards.
§ Mr. Norman LamontAs I indicated in the House of 2 December, at columns 98–99, the precise proportion of foreign shareholdings to be permitted in the companies awarded the contracts for the commercial management of the dockyards has yet to be determined.
§ Mr. Gordon Brownasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the proportion of foreign shareholdings held in the companies which have expressed interest in securing the contracts for commercial management of the royal dockyards.
§ Mr. Norman LamontWhen companies are invited to tender for the contracts to manage the dockyards from 1 April 1987 they will be asked formally to state the proportion of their shares which is foreign-owned. Such information relating to the companies which have expressed an interest in the scheme to introduce 387W commercial management and to which I referred in the House on 2 December, at column 35, is available in the records of registered companies at Companies House.