I am afraid that I cannot, at the Dispatch Box, tell people about the credibility of our nuclear deterrent in detail, because to do so would undermine its security. However, I can assure the hon. Lady that we keep it under review, and as we announced last week, it is important to increase the warheads in stockpile—which still makes us the lowest of the declared nuclear powers—to make sure it remains credible.
Integrated Review: Defence Command Paper
Proceeding contribution from
Ben Wallace
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 22 March 2021.
It occurred during Ministerial statement on Integrated Review: Defence Command Paper.
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