Defence

Part of Bill Presented – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 13 March 1978.

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Photo of Mr David Walder Mr David Walder , Clitheroe 12:00, 13 March 1978

I accept that there may be something in the hon. Member's argument about pay. I was wondering about conditions. I wondered whether we had reached the ultimate situation in which a trade union which was operating in the Royal Navy said that it was thinking of having a strike because the conditions under which its members had to work—that is, the fact that the Polaris missile was outdated—were unsuitable, and they went on strike hoping for a renewal of that missile from the Government. What happens then?