The Docks Crisis has brought most forcefully to the attention of the House a problem that it will increasingly be facing.

But hon. Members on this side, and I hope hon. Members on both sides, will want to discuss the Docks Crisis to a far greater extent than the Secretary of State for the Home Department did when he opened the debate.

Unless the Government are prepared to recognise frankly the part which the Act has played, including the history of the Docks Crisis in the last few weeks, they are in for worse trouble in the period ahead.

The most terrifying characteristic of the Docks Crisis is the lack of any strategic Government policy to enable British ports to take advantage of the technological revolution that has taken place in the industry and to deal with the challenge of some of the major changes that have taken place in the trade.

Next year, the figure is likely to be nil unless something happens in the Present Docks Crisis.