Foreign Shipbuilders (Subsidies)

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Shipping – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 1 Gorffennaf 1964.

Danfonwch hysbysiad imi am ddadleuon fel hyn

Photo of Mr Stanley McMaster Mr Stanley McMaster , Belfast East 12:00, 1 Gorffennaf 1964

Is my right hon. Friend aware how welcome the Shipbuilding Credit Act has been in assisting the shipbuilding industry to meet unfair competition from abroad? Will he reconsider his decision not to extend this credit further, in view of the continuance of subsidisation abroad and the difficulties that this is bound to create in the future for our shipbuilding industry?