Proceeding contribution from Charlie Dewhirst (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Monday, 13 April 2026. It occurred during Ministerial statement on North Atlantic Submarine Activity.

North Atlantic Submarine Activity

The Minister may be aware that the RAF’s investment in the P-8 submarine hunting programme was made in 2015, at a time when Russian activity in the north Atlantic was much less of a threat to the UK. I welcome the £100 million announced just now, but that is less than one third of the cost of one of those aircraft, so can I ask him what assessment he has made of the P-8 submarine hunting capability in the light of the increased Russian activity? Will he assure the House that he will go further if the RAF needs him to?

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Type: Proceeding contribution
Reference: 783 c620
Session: 2024-26
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Subjects: Armed forces Defence Deployment Finance Pipelines North Atlantic Ocean Submarines Espionage Ukraine Security Telecommunications cables NATO Russia Military operations
Link: View this Proceeding contribution on hansard.parliament.uk

North Atlantic Submarine Activity

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