§ Mr. Malcolm BruceTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he has made of the potential savings which would be made by reducing the number of warheads developed, purchased and maintained for the Trident nuclear weapons programme, to the average of the number of Polaris-based nuclear warheads deployed between 1984 and 1990.
§ Mr. FreemanNone. Our plans are based on sustaining through the life of Trident, the minimum deterrent capability required for the security of the United kingdom.