Results 1-20 of 60 for trident speaker:Julian Lewis

Defence Policy (15 Oct 2009) has video

Julian Lewis: .... Friend the Member for Mid-Sussex stressed the absurd duplication of top-level bureaucratic posts, while my hon. Friend the Member for Salisbury (Robert Key) was as robust as he always is on both Trident and the carriers, adding a detailed study of the potential of the Hebrides missile-testing range. My right hon. Friend the Member for Fylde (Mr. Jack) referred to the dangers of cyber...

Defence Policy (15 Oct 2009) has video

Julian Lewis: ...fully committed to NATO and fully engaged in the cold war. Important as the campaign in Afghanistan is, it would be a strategic mistake to say "We do not need aircraft carriers; we do not need Trident; we do not need conventional forces." We need a range of capabilities to deal with the range of threats that might rise up against us in 10, 20, 30 and 40 years' time. Some people say that we...

Written Answers — Defence: Trident (8 Jul 2009)

Julian Lewis: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the planned lifespan is of the existing generation of Trident missile warheads; what recent consideration he has given to the practicability of extending that lifespan; and if he will estimate the likely savings to the public purse of undertaking such an extension instead of procuring a replacement system.

Written Answers — Defence: Guided Weapons (14 May 2009)

Julian Lewis: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what the maximum range is of (a) the Trident D5 ballistic missile and (b) a submarine-launched cruise missile; and if he will make a statement; (2) what the maximum number of nuclear warheads is which can be carried by a single (a) Trident and (b) cruise missile.

Written Answers — Defence: Nuclear Submarines (30 Mar 2009)

Julian Lewis: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many warheads have typically been deployed at sea on Trident submarine patrols since 1997.

Written Answers — Defence: Nuclear Submarines (30 Mar 2009)

Julian Lewis: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the typical duration of mid-life Trident submarine refits has been since 1997.

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

Julian Lewis: ..., presumably by acquiring nuclear weapons of their own, and claimed that such projects are historically far more expensive than when planned. I have to correct the hon. Lady on both points. Both Trident and Polaris are famous, if not unique in MOD terms, for having come in on time and on budget and, in at least one case, under budget. As for other countries, they will not make a decision...

Atomic Weapons Establishment Aldermaston (26 Mar 2008)

Julian Lewis: ...resonated throughout the debate for the last half-century. Twenty-five years ago, when I was working professionally in this sector and was arguing the case both for the replacement of Polaris by Trident and for the deployment of Cruise missiles at Greenham Common and Molesworth, I commissioned a series of opinion polls that asked that very question: "Do you think that Britain should...

Atomic Weapons Establishment Aldermaston (26 Mar 2008)

Julian Lewis: ...point to the hon. Gentleman in the following terms; indeed, if he would like to investigate them in more detail, they are fully covered in an essay that I distributed at the time of the debate on Trident last year. I am only sorry that he did not read it on that occasion; had he done so, he would not have had to ask me this question. The answer is that nuclear weapons deter a certain kind...

Business of the House: Women, Justice and Gender Equality (8 Mar 2007)

Julian Lewis: ...the way in which she managed to democratise the trade unions that had made the country all but ungovernable, or what she contributed to the ending of the cold war? I remember that when we debated Trident, the entire official Opposition wanted us to disarm unilaterally at the height of the cold war threat.

Business of the House (8 Mar 2007)

Julian Lewis: Can the Deputy Leader of the House give us an assurance that the wording of the motion on Trident next Wednesday will not be watered down from a clear commitment to continuing to possess, after Trident, a nuclear deterrent based on submarines and Trident missile systems? As the Government are apparently worried about a revolt on their Back Benches, such a watering down of the terminology of...

Business of the House (1 Mar 2007)

Julian Lewis: In welcoming the 14 March debate on Trident on behalf of the shadow Defence Ministers, may I ask the Leader of the House whether he will guarantee that there will be no intrusion by statements on the time for that debate? Will there be protected time—six and a half hours—for that debate? Does he agree that it would send the wrong signal about the importance of this as a defence...

Written Answers — Defence: Nuclear Submarines (16 Jan 2007)

Julian Lewis: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what assessment he has made of the factors enabling United States Ohio-class Trident submarines to have longer in-service lives than United Kingdom Vanguard submarines; and what lessons can be drawn from them for the benefit of the future nuclear deterrent; (2) what assessment he has made of (a) whether Vanguard submarines have typically...

Written Answers — Defence: Nuclear Submarines (16 Jan 2007)

Julian Lewis: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what he expects the projected in-service dates to be for each of the proposed new Trident submarines.

Business of the House (14 Dec 2006)

Julian Lewis: May we have a debate on early-day motion 361 on the replacement of Trident, tabled by the shadow Defence team in terms very similar indeed to the robust terms of the Prime Minister's statement? [That this House believes that the United Kingdom should continue to possess a strategic nuclear deterrent as long as other countries have nuclear weapons; and accordingly endorses the principle of...

Written Answers — Defence: Nuclear Deterrent (8 Nov 2006)

Julian Lewis: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what preliminary estimate he has made of the cost of a new generation of the nuclear deterrent based upon the Trident ballistic missile system and four new submarines.

Written Answers — Defence: Trident (7 Nov 2006)

Julian Lewis: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence by what dates he will (a) publish the proposed White Paper and (b) hold the proposed parliamentary debate and vote on the replacement of Trident by a new generation of the nuclear deterrent.

Written Answers — Defence: Trident (6 Nov 2006)

Julian Lewis: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether the originally planned lifespan of the Vanguard-class Trident submarines is (a) 25 and (b) 30 years.

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Nuclear Deterrent (24 Jul 2006)

Julian Lewis: Given the importance of the role of the Chancellor of the Exchequer in finding the money for any successor to the Trident submarine fleet, will the Secretary of State tell the House whether his good friend the Chancellor told him before he made his Mansion house speech, or only afterwards, that he was going to declare himself in favour of keeping the nuclear deterrent, not only in the present...