§ Q109. Dr. GodmanTo ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to her answer to the hon. Member for Greenock and Port Glasgow, 20 June,Official Report, column 77, where funds are provided to United Kingdom shipyards for construction under the shipbuilding intervention fund, what proportion of those funds is required to be spent within the United Kingdom.
§ The Prime MinisterUnder European Community rules we cannot discriminate against other EC content. However, in administering intervention fund and intervention aid, officials in the Department of Trade and Industry and the Northern Ireland Department of Economic Development encourage United Kingdom shipyards to procure as much EC content as possible.