HC Deb 22 June 1966 vol 730 c63W
20 and 21. Mr. Burden

asked the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what is the estimated cost of fitting out Chatham Dockyard for the construction of nuclear submarines;

(2) what is the estimated cost of equipping, for the construction of nuclear submarines, a Royal Naval Dockyard at present possessing no facilities for conventional submarine construction.

Mr. J. P. W. Mallalieu

To fit out Chatham to construct nuclear submarines would cost about £1½ million. The costs for other Naval Yards would be even greater. As I told the House on 27th April, our existing arrangements for constructing nuclear submarines are sufficient.