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| Question ID: |
1799606 |
| UIN: |
49939 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-05-02 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4736 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Dave Doogan
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| Asking Member handle: |
davedoogansnp
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@davedoogansnp
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any components of the (a) Mk4 and (b) Mk4A Holbrock warhead were (i) manufactured in and (ii) procured from the US, other than the (A) arming, (B) fusing and firing system, (C) neutron initiators and (D) |
| Is named day: |
true |
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| Date answered: |
2025-05-08 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
483 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Maria Eagle
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| Answering Member handle: |
meaglemp
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@meaglemp
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| Answer text: |
In addition to the Mk4/4a components listed by the hon. Member, the UK acquires the Mk4 aeroshell from the US under the auspices of the 1963 Polaris Sales Agreement (as amended in 1982 for Trident). Utilising US non-nuclear warhead components brings signi... |
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| Answering body ID: |
11 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Defence |
| Tweeted: |
true |