§ Mr. Brooksasked the Secretary of State for Defence whether Great Britain's second strike nuclear retaliatory capacity is to become wholly dependent upon the Polaris submarines now under construction.
§ Mr. HealeyThe Polaris submarines will provide, from the end of the decade, our contribution to the collectivised strategic nuclear deterrent forces of the West. No other weapon systems are being planned by the U.K. for this rôle.