Future of Devonport raised by MP, this a'noon in the commons

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BBC News

Future of Guzz D/Y will be "discussed" this afternoon,

Also see here

Whats on in the HOC

 

[Naval_Gazer]

Re: Future of Devonport raised by MP, this a'noon in the com

Thanks for the heads up. It's rare to see more than a dozen or so MPs attend major debates on the defence of our country. Let's see how many attend this one. After all, it's only about the future of half our surviving naval bases for surface warships.

 

[danny]

Re: Future of Devonport raised by MP, this a'noon in the com

Thanks for the heads up. It's rare to see more than a dozen or so MPs attend major debates on the defence of our country. Let's see how many attend this one. After all, it's only about the future of half our surviving naval bases for surface warships.

well a third any way :thumright:

unless you dont count sweepers

 

[Not_a_boffin]

Don't get your hopes up. Given that it's slap, bang s0d after an all afternoon EU referendum debate, you don't expect many of them to miss their early evening scran do you?

 

[Naval_Gazer]

Re: Future of Devonport raised by MP, this a'noon in the com

Thanks for the heads up. It's rare to see more than a dozen or so MPs attend major debates on the defence of our country. Let's see how many attend this one. After all, it's only about the future of half our surviving naval bases for surface warships.

well a third any way :thumright:

unless you dont count sweepers

I probably should have said major surface warships although I never liked the idea of sweepers and hunters being described as minor war vessels. Just one can mean the difference between having your day ruined or not.

 

[stumpy]

And remeber that any ship can be a minesweeper...once...

 

[Naval_Gazer]

Re: Future of Devonport raised by MP, this a'noon in the com

Video of debate can be seen here. I counted no more than half a dozen MPs in the chamber. Linda Gilroy, MP for Plymouth Sutton, took a pop at Portsmouth and there were several interesting snippets from Armed Forces Minister Bob Ainsworth. These promised little change to the status quo w.r.t. RM, SM, Amphib and FOST basing in Plymouth and the fact that FSC is still at "an early stage of concept design". I wonder what stage it was at when we were discussing it back in the late 1990s?

 

[hackle]

Re: Future of Devonport raised by MP, this a'noon in the com

Video of debate can be seen here. I counted no more than half a dozen MPs in the chamber. Linda Gilroy, MP for Plymouth Sutton, took a pop at Portsmouth and there were several interesting snippets from Armed Forces Minister Bob Ainsworth. These promised little change to the status quo w.r.t. RM, SM, Amphib and FOST basing in Plymouth and the fact that FSC is still at "an early stage of concept design". I wonder what stage it was at when we were discussing it back in the late 1990s?

The debate ("Devonport and the Royal Navy") can be read HERE.

 

[thingy]

Re: Future of Devonport raised by MP, this a'noon in the com

Video of debate can be seen here. I counted no more than half a dozen MPs in the chamber. Linda Gilroy, MP for Plymouth Sutton, took a pop at Portsmouth and there were several interesting snippets from Armed Forces Minister Bob Ainsworth. These promised little change to the status quo w.r.t. RM, SM, Amphib and FOST basing in Plymouth and the fact that FSC is still at "an early stage of concept design". I wonder what stage it was at when we were discussing it back in the late 1990s?

The debate ("Devonport and the Royal Navy") can be read HERE.

Thanks Hackle. :thumright:

You might also be interested in the following assertion made by the Minister for the Armed Forces, Bob Ainsworth, about the government's intentions regarding Guzz:

I assure my hon. Friend[...] that recent suggestions that we are planning to close the naval base at Devonport are without foundation, and I can confirm that there are no plans for flag officer sea training to move from Devonport. [...]

It can also be read via the official Parliamentary website, below.

Commons Hansard: 5 March 2008, Cols.1885-1892

 

[fetchit]

Don't know if this is relevant, or if anyone wants to believe it.

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