Diana Johnson
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(11 years, 5 months ago)
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Mr Hammond
My hon. Friend is absolutely right. Simply reducing the fleet, even if that were possible while maintaining CASD, would not generate proportionate savings. Many of the costs are fixed—the costs of development and maintaining industrial capability, not merely at Barrow-in-Furness for submarine building, but in the nuclear propulsion industry. No one in this House should ever forget either that these high-end, high-technology platforms support the very top end of British manufacturing industry—the high-precision, high-technology engineering industry on which the revival of manufacturing depends.
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North) (Lab)
Will the Trident alternative review be published as a Government document or a Liberal Democrat document?
Mr Hammond
An unclassified summary of the Trident alternative review will be prepared by the Cabinet Office and published as a Government document.