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There has also been consultation with the defence industries throus h
the Tational Defence Industries Council.
Poyal Ordnance Factories
72. Until the future equipment programmes for the three Services
have been worked out in more detail it will not be possible to
assess the effects on the future workload of the Royal Ordnance
Factories. But it is hoped that the overall level of employment
will not be seriously affected. These factories carry out a
substantial amount of defence sales work for export, and scope
may exist for them to undertake more commercial work should this
be necessary.
The Royal Dockyards
73.
It is intended to maintain the capacity of the Royal Dockyards
at about the present level. Warship repairs and refits will
continue to be their main task. This load will not be greatly
reduced. Although there will be some reduction in work on surface
ships and conventionally-powered submarines, an increasing
proportion of dockyard capacity will be taken up by the growin
numbers of nuclear-powered submarines. Some spare capacity is
expected to arise, mainly from 1977-78 onwards; it is not possible
to predict how it will be filled, but the emphasis will be on
absorbing naval work which would otherwise have been placed to
contract, for example refits of Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessels.
Suitable additional repayment work will also be undertaken.
filling spare capacity full regard will be paid to the per sible
effects on employment elsewhere.
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