9 for the purpose of discussing a specific and important matter which should have urgent attention, namely,The Crisis in the shipbuilding industry in the Upper Clyde affecting the livelihood of 14,000 directly and 80,000 families indirectly and the future prosperity of Scotland".

The Crisis has deepened since we saw the Minister some 10 days ago.

The Crisis is worsening and its effects are being felt throughout the North-West, for example.

The Crisis involves 37,000 people on the waiting list, several thousand of whom are urgent cases and about 1,000 of whom have been waiting for more than a month in great pain and distress.

The Crisis highlighted by the Select Committee is a major one, growing into one of 1945 proportions.

The Crisis that Cammell Laird now faces is just the sort of circumstances that the right hon. Gentleman must have had in mind.

The Crisis is not minor or temporary.