Defence Budget and Transformation Debate

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Stephen Gilbert

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Monday 14th May 2012

(12 years, 6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lord Hammond of Runnymede Portrait Mr Hammond
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Very far from it.

Stephen Gilbert Portrait Stephen Gilbert (St Austell and Newquay) (LD)
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Will my right hon. Friend confirm that the £5 billion-worth of funding for the Atomic Weapons Establishment that has been announced today in a written ministerial statement is not new money and does not represent an increased financial commitment to the Trident successor programme?

Lord Hammond of Runnymede Portrait Mr Hammond
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I can confirm that the new contract for the Atomic Weapons Establishment, announced today, is in fact a rolling over of the existing contract at a lower price for the next period.

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