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 Quentin Davies Quentin Davies Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Ministry of Defence, Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Defence Equipment and Support) 2:30, 30 March 2009

I can confirm my hon. Friend's suppositions on both fronts. It is right that all the work we do on nuclear reactors in Devonport is under the regulation of the Environment Agency, the Health and Safety Executive and our own defence nuclear regulator, so she can be reassured about that. The future of Devonport is bright, and I cannot conceive of any scenario in which her assumptions would not be correct.