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<p>The Integrated Review of security, defence, development and foreign policy was
a wide-ranging Government assessment and not intended to address every single project
the Ministry of Defence is responsible for delivering. As set out in the United Kingdom's
future nuclear deterrent: the 2020 update to Parliament, we continue to develop the
submarine dismantling techniques necessary to meet all safety and sustainability standards
and establish the long-term solution that provides best value for the taxpayer. Our
commitment to the safe, secure, environmentally sound and cost-effective defueling
and dismantling of all our decommissioned nuclear submarines as soon as practicably
possible remains undiminished. HMS Trenchant will now be prepared for laying up, stored,
and readied for defueling and disposal in due course.</p>
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