36229 2007-08 1908 Ian Davidson 2008-06-26 That this House notes that at the launch of the Scottish Affairs Committee report on Employment and Skills for the Defence Industry in Scotland the hon. Member for Na h-Eileanan al Iar stated that Scotland would base its defence posture upon that of Norway, Iceland or Ireland; further notes that Iceland has no defence forces at all, Ireland has no warships of any size and that Norway has six submarines built in Germany and is acquiring five frigates built in Spain; recognises that this pattern of naval forces provides no reassurance whatsoever that an independent Scotland will be able to provide sufficient orders to maintain the Scottish naval shipbuilding yards that exist at the moment; and thus endorses the view that `No United Kingdom, no Clyde Shipyards' and `No Union, no yards' are an accurate summation of the position. Defence policy Industry Manufacturing industries Shipping Ian Davidson 2008-06-26 Proposed Glasgow South West Labour Michael Moore 2008-06-26 Seconded Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk Liberal Democrat Michael Connarty 2008-06-26 Seconded Linlithgow & Falkirk East Labour David Hamilton 2008-06-26 Seconded Midlothian Labour Jim Devine 2008-06-26 Seconded Livingston Labour John Robertson 2008-06-26 Seconded Glasgow North West Labour Bob Spink 2008-06-30 Signed Castle Point UKIP James McGovern 2008-07-01 Signed Dundee West Labour Anne Begg 2008-07-01 Signed Aberdeen South Labour Roger Godsiff 2008-07-01 Signed Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath Labour Ann Cryer 2008-07-01 Signed Keighley Labour Jim Sheridan 2008-07-01 Signed Paisley & Renfrewshire North Labour Gordon Prentice 2008-07-01 Signed Pendle Labour Gordon Banks 2008-07-02 Signed Ochil & Perthshire South Labour Rudi Vis 2008-07-02 Signed Finchley & Golders Green Labour Michael Clapham 2008-07-02 Signed Barnsley West & Penistone Labour Alan Simpson 2008-07-02 Signed Nottingham South Labour Bill Etherington 2008-07-03 Signed Sunderland North Labour Brian H Donohoe 2008-07-03 Signed Ayrshire Central Labour Russell Brown 2008-07-03 Signed Dumfries & Galloway Labour Rosemary McKenna 2008-07-03 Signed Cumbernauld, Kilsyth & Kirkintilloch East Labour Eric Joyce 2008-07-03 Signed Falkirk Labour Kelvin Hopkins 2008-07-03 Signed Luton North Labour Jimmy Hood 2008-07-03 Signed Lanark & Hamilton East Labour Mohammad Sarwar 2008-07-03 Signed Glasgow Central Labour Willie Rennie 2008-07-07 Signed Dunfermline & Fife West Liberal Democrat Janet Dean 2008-07-09 Signed Burton Labour Jim Dobbin 2008-10-06 Signed Heywood & Middleton Labour Anne Moffat 2008-11-24 Signed East Lothian Labour Ann McKechin Withdrawn