§ Mr. CohenTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list those nuclear submarines that have been removed from service and are awaiting disposal, indicating the location of each submarine, and stating whether(a) the reactor fuel and (b) the reactor core of each submarine has been removed.
§ Mr. AitkenThe reactor core and the fuel are one and the same thing. The information requested is as follows:
HM Submarines Location Reactor core status Dreadnought Rosyth Naval Base Removed Warspite Devonport Naval Base Removed Churchill Rosyth Naval Base Removed Conqueror Devonport Naval Base Removed Courageous Devonport Dockyard Undergoing removal Swiftsure Rosyth Naval Base Removed Revenge Rosyth Dockyard On board awaiting removal