Royal Navy Dockyards

Part of Oral Answers to Questions – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 14 December 1982.

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Photo of Sir Frederick Burden Sir Frederick Burden , Gillingham 12:00, 14 December 1982

As it was the obvious intention of the Secretary of State to concentrate full repair facilities overall for surface and underwater vessels at Devonport, will he take account of the fact that "Swiftsure" has been at Devonport for three years and is not yet completed? In view of the necessity for keeping SSNs operational, will he reconsider the situation at Chatham, which can provide those facilities?