Results 1-3 of 3 for trident speaker:Richard Ottaway
- Petition: International Fraud (12 Feb 1985)
Mr Richard Ottaway: ...cost it £100 million a year. Figures released by the International Maritime Bureau this week show that the maritime nations have been defrauded of $13 billion a year — more than the cost of Trident, about which there is so much hullabaloo and the cost of which is spread over 20 years. It has been asserted that the major reason for maritime fraud being the nearly perfect crime...
- The Royal Navy (28 Nov 1983)
Mr Richard Ottaway: Trident is a deterrent. As my hon. Friend the Member for Plymouth, Drake (Miss Fookes) said, Trident is part of our role in NATO.
- The Royal Navy (28 Nov 1983)
Mr Richard Ottaway: We are concerned with the defence of Britain and of Europe. By maintaining an independent nuclear deterrent such as Trident, we are fulfilling that role. Whatever the hon. Gentleman's party's policy is on nuclear weapons, it seems to support Polaris. I am not a technical expert, but I am told that Polaris will not work. I cannot think of a more ridiculous policy than to support Polaris when...
