Shipbuilding would flourish in independent Scotland

Colin Jackson raises the interesting point that the Royal Fleet Auxillary are placing contracts for new tankers with a South Korean firm yet he states that the Royal Navy would not place contracts with a Scottish shipyard should Scotland become independent (Letters, June 30).

This is despite the fact that Scottish shipyards won the contracts for the two aircraft carriers because they were deemed to be the most economically efficient yards in the United Kingdom, and that future contracts placed in Scotland would result in a massive employment boost with sub-contracts through the rest of the UK.

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