§ Mr. Gordon Brownasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list all new orders won by each yard in British Shipbuilders, by month, since January 1985 and the contract delivery dates.
§ Mr. ButcherThe following is the information:
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Month of order BS yard Vessel Contract delivery dates May 1985 Appledore 1 × Trailing Suction Hoppoer Dredger September 1986 September 1985 Appledore 1 × Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger July 1987 February 1986 A & P 1 × N/P Barge December 1986
§ Mr. Gordon Brownasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry which public sector orders, to be awarded in 1986, and for which British Shipbuilders is able to tender, have been notified to his Department.
§ Mr. ButcherI am aware of the following orders that
are likely to be placed in 1986
- —A fisheries protection vessel for the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries Scotland of some 3,380 cgt.
- —A passenger/vehicle ferry for Caledonian MacBrayne of some 5,500 cgt.
- —An inter-island passenger/vehicle ferry for the Orkney Islands Council of some 500 cgt.
§ Mr. Gordon Brownasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what arrangements he proposes for redundancy payments after 31 December for employees of British Shipbuilders.
§ Mr. ButcherThe statutory shipbuilding redundancy payments scheme was extended to 31 December 1986 by the Shipbuilding Act 1985. The Government consider that a further extension is inappropriate because there should be parity between public and private sectors by having no statutory scheme for either. British Shipbuilders and Harland and Wolff are examining the format of successor schemes. Schemes for private sector yards are for negotiation between managements and their work force.