MPs urged to back Successor submarine programme

Posted on 18 Jul 2016 by Jonny Williamson

EEF and NDI, the defence trade body, are urging MPs to back the Successor submarine programme at a vote in the House of Commons due to take place later today (July 18).

The vote will decide whether the UK will press ahead with a class of four new Successor submarines to replace the Royal Navy’s existing Vanguard class. MPs will be asked to decide based on the UK’s current and future defence needs, and the role that the Continuous At Sea Deterrent will play as part of…

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