Nuclear Submarines (Hansard, 19 December 2000)

§ Dr. Moonie

I refer the hon. Member to the answer Lord Robertson, the then Secretary of State for Defence, gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Wentworth (Mr. Healey) on 6 April 1998,Official Report, column 56W, and to my answers to the hon. Member for Portsmouth, South (Mr. Hancock) on 23 October 2000, Official Report,

Date	Type/registration	Operator	Origin	Destination	Number of PAX	Customs	Immigration	Airport (£)	Airport
23/12/1999	Gessna Citation G-	West Jets Ltd.	Staverton	Inverness	—	¹—	¹—	124.44	¹—
06/01/2000	Gulfstream 4 G-HARF	Fayair Jersey	Stansted	Manston	—	¹—	¹—	604.44	¹—
03/03/2000	HS125 G-OMGD	Lynton Aviation	Bristol	Luton	—	¹—	¹—	231.11	¹—
06/03/2000	Cessna Citation G-	Chauffair Farnborough	Harwarden	Harwarden	1	¹—	¹—	106.66	¹—
27/03/2000	Cessna Citation G-	London Executive	Harwarden	Harwarden	1	¹—	¹—	134.92	¹—
30/03/2000	Beech 200 G-BPPM	Gamma Aviation	Glasgow	Aberdeen	—	¹—	¹—	106.66	¹—
30/03/2000	Cessna Citation G-	London Executive	Harwarden	Harwarden	1	¹—	¹—	134.92	¹—
30/03/2000	Cessna Citation G-	London Executive	Harwarden	Harwarden	1	¹—	¹—	134.92	¹—
02/05/2000	Cessna 550 G-JCFR	Chauffair Farnborough	Harwarden	Harwarden	1	¹—	¹—	84.83	¹—
03/05/2000	Antonov 124 RA	Heavylift Stansted	St. Louis	Shannon	—	²—	²—	7,693.31	¹—
12/05/2000	Piper PA 31 G-MAXI	Centreline Air Charter	Inverness	Bristol Fitton	—	¹—	¹—	63.74	¹—
02/06/2000	Cessna 550 G-JCFR	Chauffair Farnborough	Northolt	Blackpool	1	¹—	¹—	84.83	¹—
05/06/2000	Gulfstream 4 G-HARF	Hatfiad Aviation	Stansted	Stansted	0	¹—	¹—	604.44	¹—
06/06/2000	Cessna 500 EC-HFY	Premier Aviation	Bournemouth	Bale (France)	1	²—	¹—	109.34	¹—
12/06/2000	Jet Provost G-UNNY	Plane Pictures	Hatfield	Hatfield	0	¹—	¹—	109.34	¹—

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column 30W, and the hon. Member for New Forest, East (Dr. Lewis) on 31 October 2000, Official Report, column 341W. The decision to dispose of the four Upholder class conventionally powered (diesel-electric) submarines was taken in 1993, following a reassessment of strategic requirements after the end of the cold war.

After an extensive marketing campaign an agreement was reached with Canada in the form of an eight-year lease with an option of outright purchase. The submarines will be refurbished (reactivated) prior to handover to Canada.

The first of the submarines was handed over to Canada on 6 October 2000 and the remaining submarines will follow over the next 18 months.