Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether a role is planned for the Goliath crane at Rosyth for the recycling of decommissioned nuclear ballistic missile submarines laid up in Rosyth dockyard; and if he will make a statement.

It is too early in the decision making process to assess the feasibility of the use of the Goliath crane in the Submarine Dismantling Project.