Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Defence – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 22 January 1991.
Sir Archie Hamilton
The Minister of State, Ministry of Defence
12:00,
22 January 1991
I cannot comment on the material state of nuclear submarines. However, I would point out to the hon. Gentleman that we are decommissioning the oldest submarines that we have, which seems to be a very sensible thing to do in terms of taking out those that are least capable.