Extract from Lords repeat of Commons statement on AUKUS - Sep 16
Friday, 17 September 2021 07:54
The Minister of State, Ministry of Defence (Baroness Goldie)
(Con):...The noble Baroness mentioned the Sunday night drama
“Vigil”, which has certainly gripped my attention, although I
emphasise that I regard it as a drama with a degree of dramatic
licence. Nonetheless, it has good acting but we can all understand
that the reality is somewhat different. The noble Baroness asked
whether we were confident about the partnership and what we brought
to it—what are our skills and experience in...Request free trial
The Minister of State, Ministry of Defence ()
(Con):...The noble Baroness mentioned the Sunday
night drama “Vigil”, which has certainly gripped my attention,
although I emphasise that I regard it as a drama with a degree of
dramatic licence. Nonetheless, it has good acting but we can all
understand that the reality is somewhat different. The noble
Baroness asked whether we were confident about the partnership and
what we brought to it—what are our skills and experience in this? I
observe simply that we have built and operated world-class
nuclear-powered submarine capability for more than 60 years. So we
bring deep expertise and experience to this partnership, not least,
for example, through the work carried out by Rolls-Royce near Derby and BAE Systems
in Barrow...
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