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Mr. Banks
asked the Secretary of State for Defence whether he has any proposals for the construction of warships additional to the existing programme to relieve unemployment.
Mr. William Rodgers
We are already planning a continuing shipbuilding programme to meet the Navy's operational requirements in the 1980s, but I regret that we cannot afford to place additional orders solely to relieve unemployment.