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Mr. Clay
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster when he expects to respond to the request by British Shipbuilders for intervention fund support for the potential order from Cuba.
Mr. Kenneth Clarke
I have not yet received a formal application for support for this order, but I have told British Shipbuilders in response to inquiries that I would consider any application from it with great care in view of the considerable losses over and above agreed support that the corporation has made on other orders.