The future of Royal Navy shipbuilding became the latest political football in the debate over Scottish independence in February, after Liberal Democrat leader of Portsmouth City Council Gerald Vernon-Jackson wrote to Minister of Defence Philip Hammond to call for a ban on new orders being given to Glasgow shipyards until after any referendum. Vernon-Jackson said that it would be "really stupid" to award contracts to shipyards that might be outside the United Kingdom by the time the ships are built
[first posted to http://jiwk.janes.com - 29 March 2012]
[first posted to http://jiwk.janes.com - 29 March 2012]
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