Ministry of Defence written question – answered at on 10 July 2019.
Deidre Brock
Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Devolved Government Relations), Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Environment and Rural Affairs)
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many visits there have been to UK naval bases by foreign vessels carrying nuclear weapons in each of the last ten years; which bases those vessels visited; and what nations those vessels originated from.
Penny Mordaunt
Minister for Women and Equalities, The Secretary of State for Defence
It is UK and NATO policy to neither confirm nor deny the presence of nuclear weapons onboard specific ships or submarines at any particular place or time, for the purposes of safeguarding national security and international relations.
Yes2 people think so
No3 people think not
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