HC Deb 18 March 1985 vol 75 cc409-10W
Mr. Gordon Brown

asked the Secretary of State for Defence how many of the commercial firms approached by Mr. Peter Levene about their possible interest in an agency management scheme for the royal dockyards are foreign-owned.

Mr. Lee

The companies approached by Mr. Levene were all established firms in the United Kingdom. Some of them, however, as large and successful companies, have international links. The Government accept the need for appropriate safeguards against foreign control should proposals involving commercial management of the royal dockyards be developed.