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Written statement made by Earl Howe (Conservative) on Wednesday, 20 December 2017 in the House of Lords, on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.


Future Nuclear Deterrent: 2017 Update to Parliament

The Secretary of State for Defence (Mr Gavin Williamson) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.

On 18 May 2011, the then Secretary of State for Defence, (Dr Liam Fox) made an oral statement to the House (Official Report, column 351) announcing the approval of the Initial Gate investment stage for the procurement of the successor to the VANGUARD Class ballistic missile submarines. He also placed in the Library of the House a report "The United Kingdom’s Future Nuclear Deterrent: The Submarine Initial Gate Parliamentary Report".

As confirmed in the 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review, this Government is committed to publishing an annual report on the programme. I am today publishing the sixth report, “The United Kingdom’s Future Nuclear Deterrent: The Dreadnought Programme, 2017 Update to Parliament“. A copy has been placed in the Library of the House.


Secondary information

Type
Written statement
Reference
HLWS371 
Session
2017-19
Related items
Nuclear Deterrent
Wednesday, 18 May 2011
Parliamentary proceedings
House of Lords
Deposited Paper DEP2017-0790
Monday, 20 March 2017
Deposited papers
House of Lords
House of Commons
Subjects
Annual reports Procurement Trident submarines
Link
View this Written statement on www.parliament.uk