Ministerial statement on Wednesday, 18 May 2011, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Astor of Hever.

Nuclear Deterrent

Lords statement on the nuclear deterrent programme.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 727 c1394-405
Session: 2010-12
Department: Ministry of Defence
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords chamber
Related items: Deposited Paper DEP2011-0825
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Proceeding contributions: Lord Astor of Hever | 727 c1394-6 (Link to this contribution) Statement My Lords, I am sure the whole House will wish to join me in offering sincere condolences t...; Lord Astor of Hever | 727 c1401 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, my noble friend makes a good point in recognising that we live in a totally different worl...; Lord Astor of Hever | 727 c1398-400 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Lord for his broad support for the Statement. I am grateful for the Oppo...; Lord King of Bridgwater | 727 c1400 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Minister will recognise that the Statement he has repeated today is a major one, not l...; Lord Cormack | 727 c1404 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I listened with some concern to what my noble friend said about the alternative study. Can...; Lord Astor of Hever | 727 c1404 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the figures of £11 billion to £14 billion are quotations at 2006-07 prices, and therefore ...; Lord Marlesford | 727 c1404 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, can my noble friend help me to understand the cost figures he gave? He quoted the figures ...; Lord Astor of Hever | 727 c1404 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I agree with the noble Lord, Lord Davies, on both issues. We require a reasonable margin o...; Lord Davies of Stamford | 727 c1403 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I apologise for coming in to the Statement a little late. First, I disagree very strongly ...; Lord Astor of Hever | 727 c1403 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I can confirm that.; Lord Astor of Hever | 727 c1404 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I can confirm that nothing is on hold at the moment. We are spending money to make our pol...; Lord Ramsbotham | 727 c1404 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, 2015 is an important year in terms of defence because it is the year during which we will ...; Lord Astor of Hever | 727 c1403 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I fear that that is a very long way away. Although it is our goal, I cannot see it happeni...; Lord Astor of Hever | 727 c1402 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I agree entirely with the noble and gallant Lord. The Statement paid tribute to the sailor...; Lord Boyce | 727 c1402 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, first I apologise to the Minister for not being here at the beginning of his Statement. I ...; Lord Astor of Hever | 727 c1402 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this is being negotiated, as I understand it. Certainly the United States and Russia have ...; Lord Trefgarne | 727 c1402 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I had the privilege of serving in the Ministry of Defence for six years towards the end of...; Lord Astor of Hever | 727 c1401 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I agree with the noble Lord that we live in a very dangerous world. That is why we are ren...; Lord Gilbert | 727 c1401 (Link to this contribution) Perhaps I may make it absolutely clear at the beginning that there is at least one Member of this Ho...; Lord Astor of Hever | 727 c1401-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in answer to the noble Baroness’s first question, I suggest that she has a word with her h...; Baroness Falkner of Margravine | 727 c1401 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I welcome the Statement and in particular the emphasis on nuclear disarmament, with concre...; Lord Selkirk of Douglas | 727 c1403 (Link to this contribution) Will my noble friend accept that for an effective nuclear deterrent to remain effective, it has to r...; Lord Astor of Hever | 727 c1404 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this is what we have agreed and we will stick to the agreement. It will be as has been set...; Lord Astor of Hever | 727 c1405 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble and gallant Lord for his question. He has used the word ““credibility”” ...; Lord Stirrup | 727 c1405 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, does the Minister agree that the only sensible alternatives in this case are the minimum c...; Lord Astor of Hever | 727 c1405 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the fact that the review committee has been set up is not going to affect in any way the a...; Lord Jopling | 727 c1405 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Minister has given an undertaking that the programme is not on hold until the committe...; Lord Rosser | 727 c1397-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we on this side of the House associate ourselves with the condolences expressed by the nob...; Lord Astor of Hever | 727 c1403 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, that is a hypothetical question. I cannot believe that the Scottish people would vote for ...; Earl of Mar and Kellie | 727 c1403 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in the context of possible Scottish political independence, may I ask my noble friend two ...; Bishop of Bath and Wells | 727 c1403 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, may I from these Benches express our condolences to the family of Marine Nigel Mead of 42 ...
Subjects: Costs Nuclear weapons Procurement Nuclear disarmament Safety Nuclear submarines
Contains statistics: Yes
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Nuclear Deterrent

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