Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 74780

Shipbuilding

Tabled: 3 September 2025

Answered: 9 September 2025

Question

Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst

Conservative — Solihull West and Shirley

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he plans to take to increase shipbuilding capacity.

Answer

Luke Pollard

This Government has an ambitious shipbuilding pipeline with major naval programmes in progress at a number of UK shipyards, recent export success of the Type 26 frigate to Norway and forthcoming civil shipbuilding programmes. The National Shipbuilding Off...

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