Trident

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Defence – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 5 May 1987.

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Photo of Sir Archie Hamilton Sir Archie Hamilton Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Procurement) 12:00, 5 May 1987

There is no question of the Trident contract being cancelled, because there is no question of Labour winning the next election. That expenditure is spread over the years until the end of the century, which is a long time.