Vanguard Class Nuclear Submarine Reactors

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Defence – in the House of Commons at 2:30 pm on 30 March 2009.

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Photo of Linda Gilroy Linda Gilroy Labour, Plymouth, Sutton 2:30, 30 March 2009

Can my hon. Friend confirm that the work referred to by Mr. Breed has been accepted by the Environment Agency as in line with the licence that was granted when the work was extended to those submarines? Can he also confirm that the skilled work involved in the submarines is the anchor for ensuring that Plymouth will remain an important centre of naval engineering excellence in the future?