§ Mr. DavidsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if it is intended that all vessels for the MARS Project will be built in the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement. [103101]
§ Mr. IngramIt is our policy that all warships should be built in the UK. The Ministry of Defence is in the early stages of considering how best to meet future requirements for Military Afloat Reach and Sustainability. Once the content of the programme is better defined it will be possible to consider questions such as method of acquisition and location of manufacture. These matters will be clear by the time the Main Gate decision point is reached around the middle of the present decade.