Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what will be the role of the new Type 31e frigates to be supplied to the Royal Navy.
I refer the noble Lord to the reply given by my right hon. Friend, the Minister of State for the Armed Forces (Mark Lancaster), in the House of Commons on 4 March 2019 to the hon. Member for Portsmouth South, (Stephen Morgan) in response to Question number 226207.