§ Dr. Godmanasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will estimate the projected number of jobs in the shipbuilding industry from 1987 to 1990.
§ Mr. Giles Shaw[pursuant to his reply, 5 March 1987, column 654]: In January this year, employment in merchant shipbuilding in Great Britain was some 9,200. There is no reliable basis on which to forecast the position in future years.