Scottish Affairs Committee - Seventh Report
The Referendum on Separation for Scotland: Separation shuts shipyards

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Here you can browse the report which was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 20 January 2013.

Contents

Terms of Reference

Summary

1 Introduction

2 Shipbuilding in Scotland

Why the UK builds its own warships

EU rules on open competition and Article 346

How does this apply to shipbuilding?

The Terms of Business Agreement

The timing of the Type 26 decision and the TOBA

The timing of the Type 26 decision, the gap and the referendum

Legal implications, contracts and options

3 Refit and maintenance- Rosyth

Timing of the carrier support decision

4 Options for the Scottish yards

A future Scottish Navy

Submarines

To buy or to build

Skills required to build submarines

Exports

Shared procurement with the UK

Conclusions and recommendations

Formal Minutes

List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament

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Prepared 20 January 2013