Results 1-4 of 4 for trident speaker:Gerald Howarth

Defence Procurement (20 Apr 2009) has video

Gerald Howarth: ...points about how the threat is constantly evolving and the need for us to be very agile in our response to these changing threats. I welcome that. I also welcome the decision to proceed with the Trident replacement. Set against those bits of good news, however, the overall position is absolutely desperate—so desperate that the chairman of the Defence Industries Council, Mike Turner,...

Topical Debate: Defence Procurement (19 Jun 2008) has video

Gerald Howarth: ...not least his submarine fleet, should we be cavalier about dispensing with the long-range anti-submarine capability provided by the Nimrod? On the plus side, we believe that the decision to replace Trident was an example of essential longer-term planning consistent with the need to continue to prepare for a range of threats as yet unidentified. Mention was made in Westminster Hall last...

Topical Debate: Defence Procurement (19 Jun 2008) has video

Gerald Howarth: ...sovereignty over the aircraft that we acquire. That cannot be right, and is no way to treat a key ally. We have experienced no problems with the arrangements regarding the operation of our Trident submarines, and the US should not hesitate to give us the sovereignty that we require over the joint strike fighter. Perhaps Ministers can tell us how matters stand, and whether the Government...

Defence Procurement (2 Feb 2006)

Gerald Howarth: ...are 30 years old and, as the Minister knows, they are knackered. I am happy to help try to persuade his fellow Scot that he needs to do much more to help the armed forces. I intended to refer to Trident, but I shall leave that to my hon. Friend the Member for Forest of Dean (Mr. Harper) in his winding-up speech. I simply want to put it on record that I have not forgotten ballistic missile...