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Proceeding contribution from Clive Betts (Labour) in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 14 March 2007. It occurred during Debate on Trident.

Trident

The Foreign Secretary has indicated that we must make a decision now to begin the design process for the new submarines. She has also indicated that further decisions, which we are not making today, will have to be made about ordering the submarines, renewing or replacing the warheads or ordering successors to the D5 missile. In reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Southampton, Test (Dr. Whitehead), she indicated that future Governments and Parliaments will have to"““discuss the most appropriate form of Parliamentary scrutiny””" for those decisions. If this Government are still in power when those decisions come to be made, will she indicate whether she believes the most appropriate form of parliamentary scrutiny to be further votes and debates in Parliament on those matters?

Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
458 c308 
Session
2006-07
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Defence Arms control Expenditure National security Nuclear weapons Procurement Navy Military bases Nuclear disarmament Proliferation Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Terrorism USA Nuclear submarines Trident
Link
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