Trident

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Defence – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 5 Mai 1987.

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Photo of David Maclean David Maclean , Penrith and The Border 12:00, 5 Mai 1987

I thank my hon. Friend for that reply. As 62 per cent. of jobs on the Trident programme will be in firms in the United Kingdom, can he estimate how many tens of thousands of jobs would be destroyed and how devastating would be the effect in Cumbria if the Liberal and Labour party policies of one-sided disarmament took effect and Trident were cancelled?