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Strategic Defence and Security Review

They should have a range of capabilities. The point that I would make to the hon. Gentleman is that if we look at the Type 45 destroyers, which are extremely capable, they are costing £1 billion each. When one looks at the tasks that we want our Royal Navy to perform in the future, which include combating piracy and drug running, and undertaking other patrol duties, there is a case for saying that the future frigate programme should be less expensive and more flexible. That is what the commissioning process will try to deliver.