The new UK government, under Labour, is due to explain why it has refused to give financial support to Belfast-based Harland and Wolff Group.
The loss-making shipbuilder, with facilities also in west and east Scotland and south-west England, had applied for a loan guarantee of up to £200 million.
Last Friday, the shipyard group, which employs around 1,500, said its bid had been unsuccessful and that its CEO, chief executive officer, John Wood, had left his job.
The maritime engineering and infrastructure company is in talks with its US lender, Riverstone Credit Partners, and is hopeful of agreeing to additional funding within days.
However, that still leaves questions about H&W’s long-term future.
The company’s shares on the London Stock Exchange as previously reported are currently suspended after it failed to file audited accounts on time.
H&W has appointed the private bank Rothchilds to review the strategic options of the multisite firm, which could include a sale of the business.
Later today in Westminster, the Business Secretary, Jonathan Reynolds, is due to update Parliament on the refusal of the loan guarantee.
BBC News has more on the development.
