§ Mr. Michael Brownasked the Secretary of State for Defence by how many he intends to increase the number of nuclear-powered submarines during the next few years.
§ Mr. SpeedI have nothing to add to the reply given on this subject by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State on 11 March and to the comments that I made in the recent debate on the Royal Navy on 19 June.—[Vol. 980, c.491; Vol. 986, c. 1816.]