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Royal Navy (1 Feb 1996)

Sir Patrick Cormack: ...Friend would rise to make the sort of statement that we have just heard. During my time in the Chamber this evening we have had two historic pronouncements. We have had an unequivocal assurance on Trident from the Opposition Front Bench and my hon. Friend's unequivocal assurance. On that note of happy amity, I am delighted to resume my place.

Defence Programme (7 Jul 1981)

Sir Patrick Cormack: The right hon. Gentleman has been putting forward a confused case. A few moments ago he said that Trident would be 1½ per cent. of the defence budget and in the next sentence he proceeded to spend that 1½ per cent. on something else. He was justified in doing that, but then he said that the country could not afford it. It is difficult to follow the logic of his argument.

Strategic Nuclear Deterrent (15 Jul 1980)

Sir Patrick Cormack: Will my right hon. Friend take comfort from the fact that the vast majority of people in this country would rather be defended by the Trident missile than by the Tribune group?

Orders of the Day — Finance Bill: Capital Transfer Tax (22 Jan 1975)

Sir Patrick Cormack: ..., through taste and discernment, acquire possessions which appreciate in value. The spendthrift might find comfort in the bosom of a Socialist Brittania, but the Government are impaling the saver on the trident. I cannot believe that the clause could be the calculated design of any true British Government. Are they totally in the grip of those who would wreck the social order so that from...