HC Deb 20 March 1979 vol 964 c525W
30. Mr. Litterick

asked the Secretary of State for Defence what was the purpose of the missile test firing from a United Kingdom Polaris submarine on 10 February at Cape Canaveral.

Mr. Mulley

No firing from a Royal Navy Polaris submarine took place on 10 February. HMS"Repulse"completed a test firing on 20 February, and I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave earlier today on this to my hon. Friend the Member for Edinburgh, Central (Mr. Cook).