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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2014-06-10more like thismore than 2014-06-10
answering body
Ministry of Defence more like this
answering dept id 11 more like this
answering dept short name Defence more like this
answering dept sort name Defence more like this
hansard heading Shipbuilding: Portsmouth remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the capacity of English, Welsh and Northern Ireland shipyards to build surface warships following the closure of the BAE shipyard in Portsmouth. more like this
tabling member constituency Southampton, Itchen more like this
tabling member printed
Mr John Denham more like this
uin 199842 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2014-06-16more like thismore than 2014-06-16
answer text <p>As part of the wider maritime negotiations with the Ministry of Defence in 2013, BAE Systems took the decision to focus its shipbuilding activities on the Clyde in Scotland. This decision has secured a sustainable future for the UK shipbuilding industry. <br><br>There are a number of commercial yards outside Scotland that could be considered as potential alternatives; however, no assessment of the viability of these shipyards as a potential focus for complex warship building has been undertaken.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Ludlow more like this
answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne more like this
question first answered
less than 2014-06-16T16:57:36.9015502Zmore like thismore than 2014-06-16T16:57:36.9015502Z
answering member
1542
label Biography information for Philip Dunne more like this
tabling member
61
label Biography information for Mr John Denham remove filter