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House of Commons · Written Ministerial Statement

Future Nuclear Deterrent Annual Update 2020

17 December 2020 · Ministry of Defence

Proposed by Ben Wallace Con Wyre and Preston North

Defence

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Key points

  • The statement concerns the publication of the annual update for the UK's Future Nuclear Deterrent programme
  • The ninth report on the Future Nuclear Deterrent programme is being published
  • A copy of the report is being placed in the Library of the House

Issue summary

The statement is about publishing the annual update for the UK's Future Nuclear Deterrent programme.

Action requested

I am publishing the ninth report on the Future Nuclear Deterrent programme as committed to in the 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review, placing a copy in the Library of the House.

Key facts

  • The report is titled 'The United Kingdom’s Future Nuclear Deterrent: 2020 Update to Parliament'.
  • A copy of the report has been placed in the Library of the House.
  • This update follows the initial approval for procurement of the successor to the VANGUARD Class ballistic missile submarines announced on 18 May 2011.
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