Oral Question·Prime Minister
“If she will list her official engagements for Wednesday 14 November.”
Tabled: 6 November 2018Answered: 14 November 2018
Asked by
Mike Wood
Conservative — Kingswinford and South Staffordshire
Answering Minister
the Prime Minister
Answer from Hansard
The Minister for Defence Readiness and Industry (Luke Pollard)
The United Kingdom’s nuclear deterrent is completely operationally independent—only the Prime Minister can authorise the firing of the UK’s nuclear weapons, even if they are deployed as part of a wider NATO response—and £15 billion is being invested in the sovereign warhead programme over the course of this Parliament.