§ Mr. JamiesonTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if it is his intention to continue funding redundancies in the royal dockyard.
§ Mr. AitkenUnder the term contracts for the operation of the Royal dockyards, my Department has an obligation to reimburse the dockyard operators for the cost of redundancies among their employees arising from reductions in the naval refit programme (subject to their having achieved specified targets for commercial (non-MOD) work). Arrangements for the period after the present term contracts expire have yet to be determined.