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Mr. Trotter
asked the Secretary of State for Industry on what dates he received written representations from the Shipbuilders and Repairers National Association in response to his suggestion that organisations should offer comments
| CRUDE STEEL PRODUCTION | ||||||||
| Million metric tons | ||||||||
| 1950 | 1955 | 1960 | 1965 | 1970 | 1974 | |||
| Belgium | … | … | 3·78 | 5·89 | 7·18 | 9·16 | 12·61 | 16·23 |
| Denmark | … | … | 0·12 | 0·24 | 0·32 | 0·41 | 0·47 | 0·54 |
| France | … | … | 8·65 | 12·59 | 17·28 | 19·60 | 23·77 | 27·00 |
| Irish Republic | … | — | 0·02 | 0·03 | 0·05 | 0·08 | 0·11 | |
| Italy | … | … | 2·36 | 5·55 | 8·46 | 12·68 | 17·28 | 23·86 |
| Luxembourg | … | 2·45 | 3·23 | 4·08 | 4·58 | 5·46 | 6·45 | |
| Netherlands | … | 0·49 | 0·98 | 1·94 | 3·15 | 5·04 | 5·83 | |
| United Kingdom | … | 16·55 | 20·11 | 24·70 | 27·44 | 28·32 | 22·42 | |
| West Germany | … | 12·12 | 21·34 | 34·10 | 36·82 | 45·04 | 53·23 | |
| Austria | … | … | 0·95 | 1·82 | 3·16 | 3·22 | 4·08 | 4·70 |
| Finland | … | … | 0·10 | 0·20 | 0·27 | 0·36 | 1·17 | 1·65 |
| Norway | … | … | 0·08 | 0·17 | 0·49 | 0·69 | 0·87 | 0·91 |
| Portugal | … | … | — | — | — | 0·27 | 0·39 | 0·40 |
| Sweden | … | … | 1·46 | 2·15 | 3·22 | 4·73 | 5·50 | 5·99 |
| Switzerland | … | 0·12 | 0·15 | 0·28 | 0·35 | 0·52 | 0·60 | |
| CRUDE STEEL PRODUCTION PER HEAD OF POPULATION | ||||||||
| Metric tons | ||||||||
| 1950 | 1955 | 1960 | 1965 | 1970 | 1974 | |||
| Belgium | … | … | 0·44 | 0·66 | 0·78 | 0·97 | 1·30 | 1·66 |
| Denmark | … | … | 0·03 | 0·05 | 0·07 | 0·09 | 0·10 | 0·11 |
| France | … | … | 0·21 | 0·29 | 0·38 | 0·40 | 0·47 | 0·52 |
| Irish Republic | … | — | 0·01 | 0·01 | 0·02 | 0·03 | 0·04 | |
| Italy | … | … | 0·05 | 0·12 | 0·17 | 0·25 | 0·32 | 0·43 |
| Luxembourg | … | 8·17 | 10·42 | 12·75 | 13·88 | 16·06 | 18·43 | |
| Netherlands | … | 0·05 | 0·09 | 0·17 | 0·26 | 0·39 | 0·43 | |
| United Kingdom | … | 0·33 | 0·39 | 0·47 | 0·50 | 0·51 | 0·40 | |
| West Germany | … | 0·24 | 0·41 | 0·62 | 0·62 | 0·73 | 0·86 | |
| Austria | … | … | 0·14 | 0·26 | 0·45 | 0·44 | 0·55 | 0·62 |
| Finland | … | … | 0·02 | 0·05 | 0·06 | 0·08 | 0·25 | 0·35 |
| Norway | … | … | 0·02 | 0·05 | 0·14 | 0·18 | 0·22 | 0·23 |
| Portugal | … | … | — | — | — | 0·03 | 0·05 | 0·05 |
| Sweden | … | … | 0·21 | 0·30 | 0·43 | 0·61 | 0·68 | 0·74 |
| Switzerland | … | 0·03 | 0·03 | 0·05 | 0·06 | 0·08 | 0·09 | |
| The 1974 figures of production per head are derived from the 1974 production estimates, divided by the 1973 population estimates. | ||||||||
Mr. Wigley
asked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will publish comparative statistics showing the numbers
on the issues raised by his discussion paper on nationalisation dated 31st July 1974.
Mr. Benn
I received comments from the Shipbuilders and Repairers National Association on the discussion paper on 30th October 1974. There have been other written representations to the Department from the association on particular points.