Results 1-20 of 25 for trident speaker:Gary Streeter

Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (16 May 1995)

Mr Gary Streeter: ..., albeit reluctantly, that nuclear weapons cannot be uninvented? Does he share my concern that it is obvious from what Opposition Members have said today that the Labour party's commitment to Trident is paper-thin and, in the unlikely event of Labour forming the next Government, they would scrap Trident, leaving Britain unprotected and throwing 4,000 Plymouthians, whose jobs depend on the...

Royal Navy (16 Feb 1995)

Mr Gary Streeter: ...have experienced considerable job losses. As you will know, Madam Deputy Speaker, anxieties about job losses have not entirely gone away. They come from a variety of sources. The maintenance of the Trident submarine, and its refits, will secure and guarantee 4,000 jobs in Devonport dockyard for the next 20 years. That is very welcome, but people in Devon and Cornwall worry about Labour's...

Royal Navy (16 Feb 1995)

Mr Gary Streeter: ..., Devonport (Mr. Jamieson) has an old skeleton in his cupboard in the form of his past membership of CND. How ironic that he should now represent Devonport, whose dockyard is to maintain the Trident submarine.

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Trident (31 Jan 1995)

Mr Gary Streeter: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans he has to scrap Trident.

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Trident (31 Jan 1995)

Mr Gary Streeter: Is my right hon. and learned Friend aware that his reply will greatly reassure all right-thinking people, particularly the 4,000 people in Devon and Cornwall whose jobs rely on the Trident contract? Will he resist calls for a further defence review from the leader of the Labour party and the Labour defence team, all of whom are former members of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament? Is not a...

Oral Answers to Questions — Trade and Industry: Small Businesses (23 Nov 1994)

Mr Gary Streeter: ...impact on all small Devon and Cornwall businesses supplying goods and services to the dockyards if a future Labour Government were to comply with the policy of the Labour party conference and scrap Trident, thus destroying the dockyards?

Debate on the Address (16 Nov 1994)

Mr Gary Streeter: ...issue of factions, will the right hon. Gentleman tell the House whether he agrees with the 61 members of his own party who signed an early-day motion calling on a future Labour Government to scrap Trident? Does he agree with that—yes or no?

Business of the House (27 Oct 1994)

Mr Gary Streeter: Has my right hon. Friend had a chance to see early-day motion 1583 which calls for the scrapping of Trident and which is signed by no fewer than 60 Labour Members? [That this House believes that United Kingdom defence spending should be reduced to the average level of other West European countries, allied to constructive plans for defence diversification, arms conversion and the transfer of...

Defence Estimates: First Day (17 Oct 1994)

Mr Gary Streeter: Is the hon. Gentleman aware that the decision two weeks ago at the Labour conference to scrap Trident would throw 4,000 people in Plymouth out of work overnight? What are we to make of the fact that the only Labour amendment on the Order Paper "supports the call" to scrap Trident? We know that Opposition Members are weak on defence, but what do they have against the city of Plymouth which I...

Prayers: Competitiveness (17 Jun 1994)

Mr Gary Streeter: .... I call on my right hon. Friend to press the Secretary of State for Defence to reconsider the decision and reach the only conclusion possible: there is not room for two dockyards. As we have the Trident contract, our future is guaranteed. We must bite the bullet and take the difficult decision to close Rosyth dockyard and bring the surface ship work entirely to Plymouth. I know that in...

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Trident (8 Mar 1994)

Mr Gary Streeter: Is my hon. Friend aware that many thousands of people in the west country will be employed in the early years of the 21st century in maintaining the Trident submarine? Can he confirm that the Government remain committed to the fourth submarine, unlike the Labour party?

Assisted Areas (27 Oct 1993)

Mr Gary Streeter: ...The retention of assisted area status is a welcome boost to those in my constituency who are looking for jobs. That retention, combined with the work of the Plymouth development corporation and the Trident contract which will come on stream towards the end of the decade, is welcome news for the people of Plymouth and further evidence of the Government's commitment to the west country. In...

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

Mr Gary Streeter: I am pleased to make a brief speech in this important debate. Naturally, the news that Devonport has won the Trident contract has been well received in Plymouth tonight. It has been a long and fierce battle. However, there is an affinity between Devonport and Rosyth dockyards. Of course, there will be an understanding in Devonport tonight of how the workers at Rosyth feel. There will be...

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

Mr Gary Streeter: ...won and why the west country is tonight grateful to DML for the way in which it conducted itself. It is also recognised in the west country, however, that only a Conservative Government would have delivered Trident to the west country. That fact is now abundantly clear—the Labour Front-Bench team has made its position clear. Despite the burdens on the taxpayer and the costs, the...

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Trident Refit (22 Jun 1993)

Mr Gary Streeter: As someone who has always supported Trident, may I ask whether my right hon. and learned Friend is aware that the delay in awarding the contract is seriously undermining the morale of my constituents, and holding back the recovery that would otherwise be bursting forth in the south-west? Is he aware of what the people of Rosyth and Plymouth are going through while we await the decision? When...

Prayers: Manufacturing (Productivity) (11 Jun 1993)

Mr Gary Streeter: ...Even at this late stage in the decision-making process, I call on the Government to acknowledge that Devonport Management Ltd. has won the argument and should win the contract to refit and maintain the Trident boats. The hon. Member for Dunfermline, East will meet my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister next week in a last-ditch effort to put in a word for Rosyth. He should be ignored....

Orders of the Day — Rosyth (Nuclear Safety) (18 May 1993)

Mr Gary Streeter: I am grateful to my hon. Friend for giving way on that point. I realise that he is a champion of his constituents. Does he understand that the contract that we are discussing is to maintain the Trident submarine, not the missile or weapon system itself?

Plymouth Development Corporation (10 Mar 1993)

Mr Gary Streeter: ...8,000 jobs in that period and unemployment now stands at roughly 14 per cent. It is also true, as I have often said in the House, that we are suffering from the uncertainty about the outcome of the Trident contract—if my voice is a little croaky, Mr. Deputy Speaker, it is caused by the excitement of the hour. It is critical for our city that Plymouth be chosen for the work. We can do...

Plymouth Development Corporation (10 Mar 1993)

Mr Gary Streeter: Is the hon. Gentleman really saying that it is Labour party policy to have a nuclear capability in both Rosyth and Devonport to maintain a Trident boat? Has he any idea what the cost of that would be?

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Trident (9 Mar 1993)

Mr Gary Streeter: ...decision will be made as soon as is humanly possible? Is my hon. Friend further aware—[Interruption.] Finally, is my hon. Friend aware that the Liberal Democrats' defence policy would scrap Trident and that there would be no choice—