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Mr. Parry
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on the future of British merchant shipping capacity.
Mr. McLoughlin
There are encouraging signs that the worst of the decline in world shipping in recent years is over. British operators are among the most entrepreneurial and cost-effective and should be well placed to take advantage of the improved opportunities.