25.01.07 – 06.03.07, Hansard – Written Answers to Questions, 22 Jan 2007 : Column 1555W Trident
Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence in which year he expects that the Trident nuclear capability would, if not upgraded, become obsolete. [116808]
Parliamentary scrutiny latest news
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Nuclear Weapons Facilities
30 Jan 2007 : Column 154W Devonport Dockyard Dr. Julian Lewis: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on recent discussions with Kellogg Brown and Root about future investment in Devonport Dockyard. [116904]
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No Replacement Trident Early Day Motion
New EDM on Trident consultation, rapidly gaining signatures, currently 52 sigs: Lab 35, LibDem 9, Tory 2, others 6 on 12th Jan 2007
EDM 579 CONSULTATION ON TRIDENT
Trickett, Jon (09.01.2007)
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BBC quotes NIS in DSC Hearing yesterday
The government's argument for keeping an “independent nuclear deterrent” is flawed, MPs have been told … 'capital punishment had been abolished, but there had not been a “rush of murders on the street”'. Read the full artical on the BBC News site.
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Next Defence Select Committee Hearings
THE FUTURE OF THE UK'S STRATEGIC NUCLEAR DETERRENT: THE WHITE PAPER
Tuesday 23 January
At 10.30 am in the Grimond Room, Portcullis House (room subject to change), oral evidence will be taken from commentators, academics and think tank representatives (witnesses to be confirmed).
Tuesday 30 January
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Hansard on Decommissioning of Submarines January 2007
**8 Jan 2007 : Column 111W
Trident***Mr. Dai Davies:* To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the availability of /(a)/ project management and /(b)/ nuclear decommissioning expertise between (i) 2007 and 2012, (ii) 2013 and 2017 and (iii) 2018 and 2024 on projects related to Trident. [109486]
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Hansard on Trident, Submarines and Waste, January 2007
8 Jan 2007 : Column 111W Trident, Lynne Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what his estimate is of the time it would take to procure further Trident D5 missiles. [108974]
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The Fourth Report of the Defence Select Committee of the House of Commons on The Future of the Strategic Nuclear Deterrent
Read the NIS submission in the full report. From introduction: “In its White Paper on the future of the UK's nuclear deterrent, the Government recommends the retention and renewal of the submarine-based Trident weapons system. This will require the procurement of a new generation of nuclear-powered Trident submarines to replace the existing, but ageing, fleet of Vanguard-class SSBNs.”
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DEFENCE SELECT COMMITTEE INQUIRY INTO THE WHITE PAPER ON THE FUTURE OF THE UK
Submissions are invited by the Committee to reach them by Thursday 18th January 2007.
e-mail your views to the Clerk to the Defence Committee at
DEFCOM@parliament.ukSUBMISSION TO
HOUSE OF COMMONS
SELECT COMMITTEE ON DEFENCE
October 2006
The Future of the Strategic Nuclear Deterrent: the UK manufacturing and skills base
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SGR submission to the November 2006 Defence Select Committee Inquiry
SGR submission to the November 2006 Defence Select Committee Inquiry is at:
http://www.sgr.org.uk/ArmsControl/SubmissionNuclearSkills_Nov06.html
SGR's written submission to the House of Commons Defence Select Committee Inquiry examines the effect that opting for replacement of the UK's nuclear weapons could have on the national skills base.
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Trident Replacement: The Tipping Point?
Greenpeace and the Weapons of Mass Destruction
Awareness Programme invite you to a seminar:
12 December,
10 am – 12 noon,
Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House, House of Commons.
The seminar will address:
• Philippe Sands QC’s legal opinion that Trident replacement
is likely to breach international law;
• The threat Trident replacement poses to the Nuclear Non-
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2007 vote on Trident replacement
*2007 vote on Trident replacement*
Press Association
*Thursday November 23, 2006 12:03 PM*Parliament will vote on the possibility of a replacement for the Trident nuclear deterrent systems early next year, it has been announced.
The Government will bring forward a White Paper on the issue before Christmas, which will then be followed by a “period of debate”, the Prime Minister's official spokesman said.