Results 1-11 of 11 for trident speaker:John McFall

Hunter-killer Submarines (24 Oct 2000)

Mr John McFall: I add my happy congratulations to you, Mr. Speaker on this, your first day. The Minister said that the decision would have no effect on the Trident programme. However, he also said that it would affect the operational programme. What effect will it have on the Clyde submarine base at Faslane? As my hon. Friend knows from a recent meeting with me, we have a very committed work force there....

Points of Order (22 Jul 1996)

Mr John McFall: On a point of order, Madam Speaker. Overnight, there was a break-in at Clyde submarine base, which houses Trident submarines, by seemingly amateur intruders. Had they been armed terrorists, the consequences would be too horrible to imagine. Given that there was a similar break-in seven years ago, when the then Prime Minister ordered a board of inquiry investigation, has the Secretary of...

Orders of the Day — Trident Refit (Scottish Economy) (24 Jun 1993)

Mr John McFall: ...for the armed services, the right hon. Member for Tonbridge and Mailing (Sir J. Stanley): I should like to take this opportunity to announce that we have now settled where the refitting of the Trident submarines will be carried out; it will be at Rosyth."—[Official Report, 29 November 1984; Vol. 68, c. 1122.] The former Chancellor, the right hon. Member for Kingston upon Thames (Mr....

Adjournment (Summer) (9 Jul 1992)

Mr John McFall: ...privatisation measures that will affect the Clyde submarine base and the Royal Naval armament depot at Coulport—two of the most sensitive military establishments in the United Kingdom. Trident submarines are berthed at the Clyde submarine base. The Ministry intends to introduce market testing and privatisation measures into the base. That fact came to our attention through a report...

Orders of the Day — Trident Project (small Companies) (20 May 1992)

Mr John McFall: ...for many years; I have admired him ever since I first entered the House and I think that his promotion is well deserved. I wish him well in his new office. I want to discuss the progress of the Trident construction project in my constituency and the failure of the Property Services Agency and the Ministry of Defence to acknowledge the plight of companies—mainly small...

Orders of the Day — Defence: Second Day (15 Oct 1991)

Mr John McFall: .... What is the real reason for the cut? My colleagues and I on the Defence Select Committee are still puzzled. A United States committee, chaired by Sidney Drell, reported on possible faults in Trident. Members of the Defence Select Committee went to America and were given a good briefing, although questions remain. When we returned to this country, the Ministry of Defence did not explain...

The Royal Navy (27 Jun 1991)

Mr John McFall: ...particularly in the light of defence developments in that country. I should like to address a number of issues this evening, but I will confine myself mainly to a constituency matter involving the Trident project, which is one of the largest engineering projects in western Europe—second only to the channel tunnel. Last week, I tabled a question to the Secretary of State for the...

Petition: Clyde Submarine Base (10 May 1988)

Mr John McFall: ...from residents of both Helensburgh and the peninsula on the environmental destruction that is taking place as the result of the work undertaken by the Ministry. Within the next few years the Trident programme will mean further inconvenience to the community. An increasing burden will be placed on the infrastructure, with a tremendous increase in traffic moving in and out of the base. MOD...

The Royal Navy (3 Mar 1988)

Mr John McFall: It is a great privilege for me to speak in the debate because the Clyde submarine bases at Faslane and Coulport are in my constituency. Polaris and Trident do not give me great comfort, but more than 6,000 people in my constituency work on them. I am accountable to my community and am proud to speak on its behalf in this Chamber. My remarks will reflect two or three main issues —...

Defence: Second Day's Debate (28 Oct 1987)

Mr John McFall: ...you, Mr. Speaker, for the opportunity to contribute to the debate. I shall be mindful of the time, as the summing up must be done in five minutes. I was much intrigued by the debate on "rent-a-Trident", as it was called last week — whether we buy missiles or not. Whether that was due to the deviousness of MOD officials or to a lack of perspicacity on the part of journalists, I leave...

Orders of the Day — Debate on the Address: National Resources (2 Jul 1987)

Mr John McFall: ...neglected by national policies. It is a constituency where within a few miles of each other grotesque comparison can be made between Loch Lomond, one of nature's most beautiful spectacles, and the Trident submarines at the Clyde submarine base at Gairloch. This is a testimony to man's potential depravity and a witness to man's possible inhumanity to man. Over £10 million has been...