Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 1:03 am on 26th July 1982.
The Minister has only himself to blame if he is worried about that image. Did he not say that the £600 million could have been used in better ways? He has just refused to back Harland and Wolff to win the order for the "Atlantic Conveyor". What does he expect the people of Harland and Wolff to believe?