Shipbuilding: Jarrow
(asked on 14th December 2017) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if will visit shipyards in Jarrow constituency to demonstrate support for their potential future role in the new National Shipbuilding Strategy and the Type 31e General Purpose Frigate programme.
This question was answered on 20th December 2017
Following the launch of the Government's National Shipbuilding Strategy in September, the previous Defence Secretary my right hon. Friend, Sir Michael Fallon, visited A&P Tyne on 30 October 2017 as part of the programme to visit the UK shipyards around the country. We are pleased with the positive engagement that we have received from UK industry on the Type 31e programme.