§ Mr. Kaufmanasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if the Soviet Government were formally notified of Her Majesty's Government's decision to purchase the Trident missile system.
§ Mr. LuceNo. The then Secretary of State for Defence announced in Parliament on 15 July 1980 the Government's decision to acquire the Trident submarine-launched ballistic missile system. The background was fully set out in open Government documents 80/23 and 82/1.