Type 26 Frigates: Procurement
(asked on 3rd September 2020) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which Minister signed off the media comment in the article published in Plymouth Live of 27 August 2020 describing reports of the possible reduction of the total order of Type 26 frigates as fake news.
This question was answered on 11th September 2020
The official Ministry of Defence response to the reports was:
"With every review it is always the case that people draw early and false conclusions from leaks. We advise against making assumptions based on partial information.
"The guiding principle of the Integrated Review is to ask ourselves what the threat is, and whether we have the capability to meet it."