I pay tribute to my hon. Friend's efforts on behalf of his constituents and the interest that he takes in the future of naval establishments in the Portsmouth area. I agree with what he said about the work done by every establishment in Portsmouth to get the task force to sea. It is intended that Portsmouth will remain a naval operating and maintenance base. We have said that there will be no redundancies until at least 1 January. We shall do our best to introduce certainty as soon as we can. We cannot do that until we have assessed what is necessary.