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Written Question
Trident Submarines
Monday 29th February 2016

Asked by: David Rutley (Conservative - Macclesfield)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effect on national security of the continuous at-sea nuclear deterrent.

Answered by Michael Fallon

Successive UK Governments have concluded that for as long as nuclear weapons exist, a nuclear deterrent, based on a continuous at sea deterrence, has a vital role to play in our security and that of our NATO allies. It provides the ultimate guarantee of our national security and way of life.