Portsmouth MP wants answers over plan to build new patrol vessels

An MP has written to the prime minister demanding a definitive answer to whether two new navy vessels will be built in Portsmouth.

Mike Hancock, the MP for Portsmouth South, has asked David Cameron whether two new offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) will be built for the Royal Navy.

As reported in The News, city leaders are calling for the construction of the OPVs to plug a construction gap at the shipyard from next year, when work is due to be completed on the two new aircraft carriers.

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