It is not just the F-35. Much has been said in the past few weeks about the procurement of the new Type 31e frigate. There is no budget line in the defence budget for that. Likewise, the P-8, which is being trumpeted as a vital need for our maritime patrol aircraft—I agree—is not capable of delivering the sonar buoys or torpedoes that are currently being used, so there is added cost there.
Ministry of Defence
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Lord Beamish
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 26 February 2018.
It occurred during Estimates day on Ministry of Defence.
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