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Third Report - “We’re going to need a bigger Navy”

Defence Committee HC 168 Published 14 December 2021
Report Status
Government responded
Conclusions & Recommendations
29 items (23 recs)
Government Response
AI assessment · 29 of 29 classified
Accepted 15
Accepted in Part 8
Acknowledged 3
Deferred 1
Not Addressed 1
Rejected 1
Government response
Fifth Special Report - “We’re going to need a bigger Navy”: Government Response to the Committee’s Third Report · published 25 Feb 2022
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Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item
13 Recommendation Not Addressed
Para 96

We are very concerned that the limited resource budget allocated under the Spending Review for...

Recommendation
We are very concerned that the limited resource budget allocated under the Spending Review for the remainder of this Parliament will be insufficient to properly operate and maintain the full fleet. We were not convinced by the Department’s assertion that … Read more
Government Response Summary
The government highlights a past £9 billion investment and efficient resource allocation, along with experimenting with crewing models, but does not commit to increasing the Navy's resource budget to beat inflation or accommodate new aircraft carrier costs as recommended.
Ministry of Defence
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