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Mr. Salmond
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his answer of 18 May,Official Report, column 146, whether contingency plans exist to base the minesweeper flotilla in either Portsmouth or Plymouth if the Royal Navy's surface fleet presence at Rosyth is ended; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Hanley
We have no plans to end the minor war vessel presence at Rosyth naval base.