HC Deb 01 November 1990 vol 178 cc765-6W
Mr. Home Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for East Lothian on 29 October,Official Report, column 314, if he will list the submarines that are to be decommissioned; and if he will make a statement on the expenditure already incurred on the current refitting of any of the submarines on that list.

Mr. Kenneth Carlisle

The nuclear-powered submarines which my right hon. Friend has so far decided should be decommissioned following his 25 July announcement are: HMS Churchill, HMS Conqueror and HMS Warspite.

Of these, HMS Churchill and HMS Warspite were in refit. The cost of their refits—including cancellation charges—is still being discussed with the contractors; such costs are in any case commercially confidential.