Scottish Affairs Committee - Fourth Report
The Referendum on Separation for Scotland: Terminating Trident-Days or Decades?

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Here you can browse the report which was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 23 October 2012.

Contents

Terms of Reference

Summary

1 Introduction

The Inquiry

The UK's nuclear deterrent

2 Removing the nuclear deterrent from Scotland

3 The 'speediest safe transition' of nuclear weapons from Scotland

What would happen to the UK's nuclear deterrent?

4 Trident is removed from Scotland, what next?

Long term relocation

Replacing Faslane

Replacing Coulport

The cost of relocation

The time taken to relocate

Alternatives outside England and Wales

Sharing facilities with US or France

Maintaining a UK base in a separate Scotland

A phased relocation

Conclusions and recommendations

Annex: Submarines at Faslane

Formal Minutes

Witnesses

List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament

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Prepared 25 October 2012