Results 1-12 of 12 for trident speaker:Edward Leigh

Economic Recovery: Public Accounts (22 Oct 2009) has video

Edward Leigh: ...) for what he said. He mentioned the major projects report. The truth is that the MOD is trying to do too much. Without getting into the wider politics of it, we will probably have to cut the number of Trident submarines. These programmes are constantly being shifted sideways and some very difficult decisions will have to be made after the general election. Lastly, I thank the Minister for...

Economic Recovery: Public Accounts (22 Oct 2009) has video

Edward Leigh: ...fraud led to incorrect payments of between £1.31 billion and £1.54 billion. That shows the amount of work that has to be done. We should also remember that these are only a few examples taken from across Whitehall. The Ministry of Defence's ability to sustain its nuclear deterrent in the future is dependent on the collaboration of the United States. We found that the new class of...

House of Commons Members' Fund (Custodian Trustee): Public Accounts (23 Oct 2007)

Edward Leigh: ..., the scale of projects that may cross the Committee's path in the near future is monumental. Let me list some of them. We are talking about £9 billion, already, for the Olympics; £19 billion to replace Trident; £12.5 billion for IT in the health service; at least £5.5 billion for identity cards; and £16 billion for Crossrail, which we debated earlier today and...

House of Commons Members' Fund (Custodian Trustee): Public Accounts (23 Oct 2007)

Edward Leigh: ...not yet mentioned the Ministry of Defence. Suffice it to say, given the mismanagement of technical and commercial risks on the Astute submarine programme, which was highlighted in the major projects report, that we will watch progress on the massive Trident replacement programme with two eyes fully open. If hon. Members will forgive the pun, little of this is rocket science; the simple...

Opposition Policies (19 Jan 1990)

Mr Edward Leigh: ...sedentary interventions are not normally published in the Official Report, but those of the hon. Member for Bolsover reveal the true face of the Labour party. When my hon. Friend was speaking about Trident, the hon. Member for Bolsover remarked that it was only a rolling programme. My hon. Friend then moved on to speak about Labour party policy on clause 4. Perhaps my hon. Friend can...

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Expenditure (24 Feb 1987)

Mr Edward Leigh: ...of the leader of the Social Democratic party were put into effect, not only would the missiles cost twice as much if they were sea-launched, but we should incur £3 billion cancellation costs on Trident, so we should be paying twice as much for a system that was half as effective?

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Trident (27 Jan 1987)

Mr Edward Leigh: Would it be a fair summary to say that while the SDP and Liberal party are agreed in their opposition to Trident, the SDP believes in obsolete weapons and the Liberals do not know what their mind is? Was not what we saw yesterday less a launch of a successful defence policy and more a relaunch into political obscurity?

Debate on the Address: First Day (12 Nov 1986)

Mr Edward Leigh: ...the Liberal party, there is still considerable public concern about slow progress towards multilateral disarmament and towards cheaper yet still effective defence systems. We now have to look beyond the Trident system. I do not question our decision to buy the Trident system. In any event, it would be far too late to go back on that decision. I ask the House to look beyond the Trident...

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Independent Nuclear Deterrent (4 Nov 1986)

Mr Edward Leigh: ..., is it not a fact that if, like the leader of the Social Democratic party, one professes a belief in the maintenance of the independent nuclear deterrent, one can see no viable alternative to Trident capable of providing a successor to Polaris in time? Does my right hon. Friend agree that the electorate will take a dim view of any electoral alliance which not only cannot agree whether...

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Trident (17 Jun 1986)

Mr Edward Leigh: If my right hon. Friend believed that not only should Trident not be replaced at any cost but that Britain should unilaterally disarm, if his right hon. Friend the leader of the party believed that Trident should not be replaced but that Polaris should be allowed to linger on as an increasingly decrepit and hopeless system, and if his deputy leader believed that Polaris should be replaced by...

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Trident Missiles (13 Nov 1984)

Mr Edward Leigh: asked the Secretary of State for Defence what has been the effect of the dollar-sterling parity change on the estimated cost of Trident in the last 12 months.

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Trident Missiles (13 Nov 1984)

Mr Edward Leigh: ...to the maintenance of Britain's independent nuclear deterrent, are worried about the fact that because, according to some reports, £700 million has been added since last March to the cost of Trident due to the fall in the value of the pound, there is a need for a candid reassessment soon as to whether we can afford the Trident D5 system without damaging our conventional forces?