The Secretary of State for Defence (Mr Ben Wallace)
On 18 May 2011, the then Secretary of State for Defence, the right hon. Member for North Somerset (Dr Fox), made an oral statement to the House (Official Report, 18 May 2011; Vol. 528, c. 351) announcing the approval of the initial gate investment stage for the procurement of the successor to the Vanguard class ballistic missile submarines. He also placed in the Library of the House a report, “The United Kingdom’s Future Nuclear Deterrent: The Submarine Initial Gate Parliamentary Report”.
As confirmed in the 2015 strategic defence and security review, this Government have committed to publishing an annual report on the programme. I am today publishing the eighth report, “The United Kingdom’s Future Nuclear Deterrent: 2019 Update to Parliament”.
A copy has been placed in the Library of the House.
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