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Point of Order: Trident (14 Mar 2007)

William Hague: ...steps necessary to maintain... the existing system" barely does justice to what is being decided: the building of an entire new class of ballistic missile submarines, along with the updating of our Trident missile force, together representing the single most important and expensive procurement of the coming decades. In effect—unless there is, as the Foreign Secretary said, some...

Point of Order: Trident (14 Mar 2007)

William Hague: ...correct, I hope that Ministers will explain in more detail why the costs are expected to be so much higher. The Government have stated that the cost of UK participation in American plans to extend the life of the Trident D5 missile will be about £250 million. It is not clear whether there will be further costs, in order to extend the life of the missile, if necessary, into the 2040s....

NATO Summit (9 Jul 1997)

Mr William Hague: ...he confirm that some of our military commitments should be above the review, as they are essential to our defences and those of our NATO allies? Will he take this opportunity to say again that the Trident nuclear deterrent and the Eurofighter 2000 fall into that category? What consultations has the Prime Minister had with his fellow Heads of Government? Has he reassured our German allies...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (9 Jul 1992)

Mr William Hague: Will my right hon. Friend join me in welcoming this week's announcement of an order for the fourth Trident submarine? Does he agree that the three best recent additions to the future security of the nation are the ordering of the submarine, the re-election of a Government who had the consistency and good sense to proceed with the order, and the defeat of Opposition parties whose...