Topical question asked in the House of Commons, by Lord Walney (Labour). It was answered on Monday, 14 March 2011 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.
Topical Questions
- Question
- Further to the question from my hon. Friend the Member for Bolton West (Julie Hilling), exactly how are the public supposed to maintain confidence in our programme to replace the Trident deterrent when the president of one of the governing parties is apparently given carte blanche to cheer up his battered activists by telling them it probably will not go ahead at all?
- Answer
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The coalition agreement made it very clear that the Liberal Democrats within the coalition would be free to advocate alternatives to the replacement programme. The overall Government policy remains the replacement of the Trident programme however, and, as I said earlier today, the best solution for the United Kingdom is a submarine-based, continuously-at-sea, minimum credible nuclear deterrent that protects the UK while contributing to overall reductions in international nuclear arsenals.
Secondary information
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- Oral question
- Reference
- 525 c21
- Session
- 2010-12
- Oral question type
- Supplementary
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- House of Commons chamber
- Subjects
- Trident Air force Redundancy
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