Devonport Royal Dockyard And H.m.s Illustrious

EDM number 1134 in 1993-94, proposed by Robert Hicks on 27/04/1994.

That this House congratulates the workforce of Devonport Royal Dockyard on its timely completion of the difficult refit of the aircraft carrier HMS 'Illustrious'; regrets that the skills developed on this refit and on that of its sister ship HMS 'Invincible' in 1987 cannot be applied to the refit of HMS 'Ark Royal'; further regrets that the expertise of the Devonport workforce will not, on present policies, be applied to a similar refit until early in the 21st century; believes that the present allocated programme of surface ship work runs counter to the spirit of the White Paper on competitive tendering; and urges the Government to increase the amount of surface ship work open to competition, thereby maximising the drive for efficiency and value for money.

This motion has been signed by a total of 7 MPs.