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Mrs. Bain
asked the Secretary of State for Industry what is estimated to be the under-usage of capacity in the Scottish shipbuilding industry.
Mr. Meacher
Shipyards in Scotland building vessels of 100 gross tons or more, which constitute the substantial majority of tonnage built in Scotland, have generally full order books. In this sense under-utilisation of capacity is low. No other estimates are available.