Urgent question on nuclear powered submarines
19 June 2012 (updated on 19 June 2012)
Secretary of State for Defence, Philip Hammond, responded to an urgent question asked by Angus Robertson, Scottish National Party MP for Moray, in the House of Commons on Monday 18 June on the £1.1 billion Ministry of Defence nuclear submarine contract.
Nuclear-powered submarines
The Defence Secretary published a Written Ministerial Statement outlining the contract signed with Rolls-Royce Power Engineering which will build the Royal Navy's nuclear power plants for it's submarines. Further information can be found on the Ministry of Defence website.
- Commons Hansard: Written Ministerial Statement on Nuclear-Powered Submarines
- Ministry of Defence: Royal Navy submarine contract awarded (external website)
Shadow Minister for Defence, Alison Seabeck, responded to the statement on behalf of the Opposition.
Watch and read the urgent question and the views expressed by MPs on Parliament TV and in Commons Hansard. Also find current parliamentary material on defence in the Topics and News sections.
- Parliament TV: Urgent question on nuclear-powered submarines
- Commons Hansard: Urgent question on nuclear-powered submarines
- Topics: Defence
- Parliamentary news: Defence
Urgent questions
Urgent questions are asked at the end of Question Time. If something has happened, normally a matter of public importance, which an MP believes requires an immediate answer from a government minister, they may apply to the Speaker to ask an urgent question.
If the Speaker agrees, the question will be asked at the end of Question Time.