To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will publish in full the Trident replacement value-for-money review.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will publish in full the Trident replacement value-for-money review.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will place in the Library a copy of the Trident value for money review.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will place in the Library a copy of the Trident value for money review.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) on what date he expects to present to Parliament the full results of the Trident value for money report;

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) on what date he expects to present to Parliament the full results of the Trident value for money report;

(2) if he will ensure that Parliament is given the opportunity to review the Trident value for money report and the strategic defence and security review before any contracts for the Future Submarine programme are placed.

(2) if he will ensure that Parliament is given the opportunity to review the Trident value for money report and the strategic defence and security review before any contracts for the Future Submarine programme are placed.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will publish the Trident replacement value for money review.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will publish the Trident replacement value for money review.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many staff are employed on the Trident Value for Money review;

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many staff are employed on the Trident Value for Money review;

(2) how much has been spent to date on carrying out the value for money review of Trident; and what estimate he has made of the final cost.

(2) how much has been spent to date on carrying out the value for money review of Trident; and what estimate he has made of the final cost.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence by what mechanism his Department has achieved cost savings in joint work with the US to procure a common missile compartment for the planned successor submarine; and how much funding has been allocated by his Department to the common missile compartment project...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence by what mechanism his Department has achieved cost savings in joint work with the US to procure a common missile compartment for the planned successor submarine; and how much funding has been allocated by his Department to the common missile compartment project...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he has made of the cost of replacing Trident in current prices.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he has made of the cost of replacing Trident in current prices.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 11 November 2010, Official Report, column 449W, on Trident value for money review, what external assistance and technical consultancy his Department commissioned for the Trident value for money review; and how much it spent on each piece...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 11 November 2010, Official Report, column 449W, on Trident value for money review, what external assistance and technical consultancy his Department commissioned for the Trident value for money review; and how much it spent on each piece...

(2) whether the National Security Council has made a recent estimate of the level of unfunded liabilities in the long-term costings of the Ministry of Defence attributable to the Government's commitment to the Trident successor programme; and if he will make a statement.

(2) whether the National Security Council has made a recent estimate of the level of unfunded liabilities in the long-term costings of the Ministry of Defence attributable to the Government's commitment to the Trident successor programme; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Prime Minister (1) whether the National Security Council has made a recent (a) estimate of the cumulative private finance initiative liabilities of the Ministry of Defence to 2020 and (b) impact assessment on the effects of those liabilities of that Department's capacity to fund the Trident successor...

To ask the Prime Minister (1) whether the National Security Council has made a recent (a) estimate of the cumulative private finance initiative liabilities of the Ministry of Defence to 2020 and (b) impact assessment on the effects of those liabilities of that Department's capacity to fund the Trident successor...

I understand my hon. Friend's concern, but I have to say that the Government did provide time for a debate on the strategic defence and security review, which took place at the end of last month, and we have no plans to revisit the issue in the near future.

I understand my hon. Friend's concern, but I have to say that the Government did provide time for a debate on the strategic defence and security review, which took place at the end of last month, and we have no plans to revisit the issue in the near future.

Given the decision to jeopardise the future of the nuclear deterrent by putting off the main gate contract decisions until the other side of the general election, may we have a debate in Government time, and with a vote, so that hon. Members from the Conservative and Labour parties can...

Given the decision to jeopardise the future of the nuclear deterrent by putting off the main gate contract decisions until the other side of the general election, may we have a debate in Government time, and with a vote, so that hon. Members from the Conservative and Labour parties can...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he has made of the likely cost to the public purse of Trident replacement following an Initial Gate Decision in the (a) present and (b) next Parliament.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he has made of the likely cost to the public purse of Trident replacement following an Initial Gate Decision in the (a) present and (b) next Parliament.

Lords debate on motion to take note of the Strategic Defence and Security Review. Agreed to on question.

Lords debate on motion to take note of the Strategic Defence and Security Review. Agreed to on question.

My Lords, this is a great day. This is one of the most extensive debates on defence that we have ever had. It would have been longer but for the intervention of the Liberal Democrats minders on the Front Bench. This is not a time-limited debate and, as we know...

My Lords, this is a great day. This is one of the most extensive debates on defence that we have ever had. It would have been longer but for the intervention of the Liberal Democrats minders on the Front Bench. This is not a time-limited debate and, as we know...

My Lords, I declare my registered interests as a deputy chairman of a security plc and a life member of the Association of Chief Police Officers. Page 42 of the strategic defence and security review states: "““We will: continue to prioritise the counter-terrorism elements of policing. We will maintain core...

My Lords, I declare my registered interests as a deputy chairman of a security plc and a life member of the Association of Chief Police Officers. Page 42 of the strategic defence and security review states: "““We will: continue to prioritise the counter-terrorism elements of policing. We will maintain core...

My Lords, we live in a totally interdependent world. We simply have to understand that, across the world, there are many millions, among them highly sophisticated and educated people, who feel increasingly helpless and frustrated at their exclusion from the power structures of the world. They are tired of being...

My Lords, we live in a totally interdependent world. We simply have to understand that, across the world, there are many millions, among them highly sophisticated and educated people, who feel increasingly helpless and frustrated at their exclusion from the power structures of the world. They are tired of being...