HL Deb 12 November 1997 vol 583 cc37-8WA
Lord Jenkins of Putney

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What is their policy on the Trident fleet and what is its relationship to their policy of seeking the elimination of nuclear weapons.

Lord Gilbert

As the Government have frequently made clear, we are committed to retaining Trident to provide a minimum, but credible and effective, nuclear deterrent. This is wholly consistent with our objective of developing the stability in which we can take forward our commitment to achieving global, mutual, verifiable reductions in nuclear weapons.