Lord McDonald of Salford
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Royal Navy: Aircraft Carriers
Lord McDonald of Salford Excerpts(10 months, 2 weeks ago)
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The Earl of Minto (Con)
My noble friend raises an extremely interesting point. As I think many noble Lords know, I have come in from the private sector relatively recently, where the concept of risk is considered completely differently from how it is within government, and certainly within the Ministry of Defence. I fully understand that, when you are dealing with people’s lives, you want to minimise the risk as far as you possibly can, but there comes a point where you have to get the risk-return in balance. I am not certain that we have got that right in government yet.
Lord McDonald of Salford (CB)
Could the Minister update the House as to when aircraft suitable for flying from these very expensive aircraft carriers will be ready to be deployed?
The Earl of Minto (Con)
My understanding is that there are aircraft on board the carrier now.