Defence: Modernisation
(asked on 20th March 2018) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department plans for the Modernising Defence Programme to assess the (a) safety, (b) affordability and (c) strategic relevance of the Trident nuclear weapons system.
This question was answered on 27th March 2018
On 18 July 2016, Parliament decisively supported our commitment to maintain the UK's independent nuclear deterrent. That decision has been taken and that commitment is not under consideration as part of the Modernising Defence Programme.