Extract from Westminster Hall debate on the National Shipbuilding Strategy - Feb 8
Thursday, 9 February 2017 08:25
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Douglas Chapman (Dunfermline and West Fife) (SNP):...I expect many
right hon. and hon. Members will talk today about the state of the
Navy, but going over some of the history again might be worthwhile.
At the time of the infamous Nott report, the Royal Navy had 60
frigates and destroyers, and even by the end of
the Falklands conflict, it still had 50. In the 1998
strategic defence review, long after the cold war had ended, a
floor of 32 ships was constructed. However, the Government...Request free trial
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