Swan Hunter loses bid to Vickers

Title

Swan Hunter loses bid to Vickers

Genre

Interview

TX Date

18 May 1993

Year of production

1993

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Duration

00:02:40

Description

Paul Rowley interviews Tyneside Conservative MP and member of the Commons Defence Committee Neville Trotter on why the committee has asked the National Audit Office to investigate the troubled Swan Hunter shipyard on Tyneside losing a lucrative Navy contract to build a helicopter carrier to rivals Vickers in Cumbria. For Billboard programme.

Contributors

Neville Trotter; Paul Rowley

Keywords

Shipbuilding industry; Navy; Swan Hunter; Warhips; Billboard (radio programme); Shipyards; Tendering; Tyne and Wear; Vickers; National Audit Office

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