Results 1-20 of 63 for trident speaker:Nick Harvey

Written Answers — Defence: Trident (9 Nov 2009)

Nick Harvey: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether his Department plans to (a) participate in the US Navy Conventional Trident Modification programme and (b) equip Trident missiles with conventional warheads.

Written Answers — Defence: Trident (28 Oct 2009)

Nick Harvey: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether the initial gate decision on Trident replacement has been delayed until after the forthcoming Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty review conference; and if he will make a statement.

Defence Policy (15 Oct 2009) has video

Nick Harvey: ...I simply cannot see the logic in conducting a strategic defence review and not including the consideration of our future nuclear capability and what we will do beyond the lifetime of the existing Trident programme. That is not to say that we should jump to conclusions now, before the event, about what the SDR might conclude. It seems baffling, however, that one of the most significant...

Written Answers — Defence: Trident (9 Sep 2009)

Nick Harvey: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he has made of his Department's likely expenditure on the Initial Gate phase for Trident.

Written Answers — Defence: Trident (1 Sep 2009)

Nick Harvey: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the cost of conventional forces protecting Trident was in 2008-09.

Written Answers — Defence: Atomic Weapons Establishment: Expenditure (1 Jun 2009)

Nick Harvey: ...;950 million in 2010-11 is additional to (a) the capital cost of warheads included in the Defence White Paper, (b) the £5.3 billion 25 year AWEML and management contract, (c) the running costs of the current Trident programme and (d) settlements made under the Comprehensive Spending Review.

Written Answers — Defence: Trident (20 Apr 2009)

Nick Harvey: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent assessment he has made of the effects of reductions in the value of sterling on the estimated costs of the Trident replacement programme.

Royal Assent: Defence in the UK (26 Mar 2009) has video

Nick Harvey: ...at that conclusion, whereas aircrew, coroners and others have been saying for some time that the aircraft are not airworthy. It does not surprise me, in the light of the current economic storm, that Trident and the proposal to renew it have been mentioned. We heard from the hon. Member for Liverpool, Walton (Mr. Kilfoyle) that some distinguished retired military figures have been debating...

Royal Assent: Defence in the UK (26 Mar 2009) has video

Nick Harvey: ...two years ago. A final decision does not have to be made, and in truth will not be made, until main gate, which is the point at which the Thatcher Government made the political decision about Trident. The significant costs of Trident replacement will begin to rack up only midway through the next decade. I do not suggest that the questions need to be answered today, any more than they had...

Written Answers — Defence: Trident (24 Mar 2009)

Nick Harvey: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he has made of the percentage of the defence budget which will be spent on running costs of the current Trident nuclear deterrent and the procurement of a successor system in the years immediately following the main gate decision to procure new submarines.

Written Answers — Defence: Trident (23 Mar 2009)

Nick Harvey: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he has made of the proportion of spending on the replacement for Trident which will go to US companies.

Written Answers — Defence: Trident Missiles (3 Nov 2008)

Nick Harvey: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the notice required to fire missiles from (a) a Trident submarine on patrol and (b) a second submarine at its berth is; and what notice is required for submarines to take to sea.

Written Answers — Defence: Trident Missiles (30 Oct 2008)

Nick Harvey: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans his Department has for measures (a) to further reduce the operational status of the UK's Trident system and (b) increase transparency with regard to the capabilities of the UK's Trident system as agreed in the plan for action at the 2000 review conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation treaty.

Business of the House: Defence in the UK (9 Oct 2008) has video

Nick Harvey: ...to meet the immediate needs there. There is also an enormous procurement shopping list looming, including carriers; the future rapid effect system; Astute submarines, the replacement, ultimately, of the Trident system; surface vessels; the joint strike fighter; another tranche of Eurofighters; and a new generation of helicopters. The list goes on and on. It is clear to all observers that...

Written Answers — Defence: AWE Management: Trident Missiles (24 Jan 2008)

Nick Harvey: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) whether the Atomic Weapons Establishment manufactured (a) any new Trident warheads and (b) any new plutonium pits in 2007; (2) when the Atomic Weapons Establishment plans to end the production of (a) new Trident warheads of the current design and (b) new plutonium pits of the current design.

Written Answers — Defence: Nuclear Weapons (3 Dec 2007)

Nick Harvey: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what meetings have taken place between UK and US officials on concept studies for the development of a new missile system to replace Trident with particular reference to the underwater launched missile system in the last three years.

Written Answers — Defence: Trident (8 May 2007)

Nick Harvey: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he expects the Mk 4A arming, fusing and firing system for Trident to enter service; what estimate he has made of the cost of the (a) development and (b) production of this system; and what impact he expects this procurement to have on the decision whether to refurbish or replace the Trident warhead.

Written Answers — Defence: Trident Missiles (28 Mar 2007)

Nick Harvey: ...for Defence what assessment he has made of the likely effect of the introduction of the Mk4A Arming, Fusing and Firing system on the (a) ability to accurately adjust the height of burst of the Trident warhead and (b) probability that the Trident warhead will be effective against hardened targets.