Sep. 04 2024
Source Page: Defence Secretary backs Britain's nuclear deterrent for generations to come as he joins returning submarine patrolFound: He was also given an operational briefing and toured the submarine, which is armed with the UK’s Trident
Asked by: Andrew Rosindell (Conservative - Romford)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy to diversify the UK's nuclear deterrent capabilities.
Answered by James Cartlidge - Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
The 2013 Trident Alternatives Review demonstrated that no other system is as capable, resilient or cost effective as our current deterrent capability based on a four nuclear-armed submarine solution. That has not changed; the Trident II D5 missile system, carried by our Vanguard Class submarines, remains the most reliable weapons system in the world having successfully completed more than 190 tests.
The Government has absolute confidence that the UK’s deterrent remains effective, dependable, and formidable. That is why we are continuing to invest in the next generation of Dreadnought Class ballistic missile submarines, in extending the life of the Trident missile and in replacing the warhead, to keep us safe for decades to come.
Mentions:
1: Kidd, Bill (SNP - Glasgow Anniesland) John made headlines by protesting against the arrival on the Clyde of the first submarine armed with Trident - Speech Link
2: Greene, Jamie (Con - West Scotland) submarines, sailed up the Clyde, right in front of my home town of Greenock, he led a flotilla of around - Speech Link
3: Leonard, Richard (Lab - Central Scotland) In it, we exposed the huge hidden costs of Trident and exposed the huge safety risk that it posed to - Speech Link
4: Robertson, Angus (SNP - Edinburgh Central) We wish to see the Dreadnought programme to replace Trident scrapped and the £41 billion of taxpayers - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: None of my exchanges thus far with the Ministry of Defence over mounting concerns about the UK’s nuclear Trident - Speech Link
2: None The economics of the Trident programme are more straightforward. - Speech Link
3: None That brings me to the three pressing concerns surrounding the Trident programme that I will set out for - Speech Link
4: James Cartlidge (Con - South Suffolk) In January 1980, when the House debated the successor programme to Polaris, which led to Trident—the - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Grant Shapps (Con - Welwyn Hatfield) It culminates in a test fire of an unarmed Trident II D5 missile.It is long-standing practice not to - Speech Link
Mar. 25 2024
Source Page: Defence Nuclear Enterprise Command PaperFound: propulsion 25 Dismantling and disposal 26 Royal Navy bases 27 Part Three: Missiles and warheads 28 Trident
Mar. 25 2024
Source Page: Defence Nuclear Enterprise Command PaperFound: propulsion 25 Dismantling and disposal 26 Royal Navy bases 27 Part Three: Missiles and warheads 28 Trident
Mentions:
1: Owen Thompson (SNP - Midlothian) What recent estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of Trident renewal. - Speech Link
2: Owen Thompson (SNP - Midlothian) When will the Secretary of State agree that Trident renewal is an obscene waste of money, which could - Speech Link
3: Grant Shapps (Con - Welwyn Hatfield) Gentleman that that is not what the people employed in the defence sector think about Trident. - Speech Link
4: Grant Shapps (Con - Welwyn Hatfield) commit to spending the money, we cannot put the pipeline in place to build things like the new ships and submarines - Speech Link
5: Suella Braverman (Con - Fareham) all know that neither the Queen Elizabeth nor the Prince of Wales has as many jets, small warships or submarines - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Mark Francois (Con - Rayleigh and Wickford) was to maintain the submarines but to send them to sea without any missiles? - Speech Link
2: Bernard Jenkin (Con - Harwich and North Essex) First, there are lessons to be learned from delaying the renewal of the Trident nuclear deterrent. - Speech Link
3: James Sunderland (Con - Bracknell) Trident? Unequivocally yes—we need to invest in it and reinforce it. - Speech Link
4: Maria Eagle (Lab - Garston and Halewood) We will upgrade the UK’s deterrent and build the new submarines needed at Barrow. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Grant Shapps (Con - Welwyn Hatfield) develop and deliver a range of cutting-edge kit in addition to the next generation of nuclear-powered submarines - Speech Link
2: Grant Shapps (Con - Welwyn Hatfield) We will, because 11 Members of the Opposition Front-Bench team voted against Trident. - Speech Link
3: Grant Shapps (Con - Welwyn Hatfield) , and in particular the submarines, is that there was a short period under the coalition when we could - Speech Link