British Shipbuilders

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 4:16 pm on 25 July 1984.

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Photo of Mr Teddy Taylor Mr Teddy Taylor , Southend East 4:16, 25 July 1984

I was an employee of the shipyards on the Clyde in the days when they were profitable. In view of this depressing report, and in view of the auditors' qualifications, do the Government have a firm policy commitment to retain a merchant shipbuilding industry on strategic or other grounds, or is their survival a matter for themselves and their own efforts, together with the help which the Government provide?