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Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation — Amendment of the law (22 Apr 2009)

Stewart Hosie: ...of the £500 million lost to the Scottish budget next year. The Government are missing an opportunity. This is the time to cut other things—spending on ID cards, as many have said, and spending on Trident. That idea is gathering pace. Last night Tony Dolphin, from the Institute for Public Policy Research, said that "you have to identify your priorities", and once that has been...

Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Defence Policy (16 Oct 2007) has video

Stewart Hosie: ...put alongside research conducted by the Scottish Trades Union Congress and others. The MOD stated in a parliamentary answer of February 2005 that the number of civilian jobs that directly rely on Trident was 936, with 300 jobs indirectly relying on it—a total of about 1,200 jobs. The STUC tells us that the cost of Trident—the £1 billion a year from general taxation that is...

Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Defence Policy (16 Oct 2007) has video

Stewart Hosie: ...huge amount of money is being spent. A large chunk has been allocated to Scotland, and we are well aware that not all of it is being spent in Scotland. The third point is a point of principle about Trident. The lifetime cost of its replacement will be between £25 billion and £75 billion. We know that 61 per cent. of the Scottish people oppose it and think that the Scottish...

Amendment of the Law (21 Mar 2007)

Stewart Hosie: ...£9 billion, and everyone assumes that it will "go north" to £15 billion or £20 billion. This is an open-ended spending commitment, and—as with the war in Iraq and the decision to extend the life of Trident—we will be paying the costs for generations to come.