Ministers neglecting nuclear security in Scottish independence row, MPs warn Facilities at the Royal Naval Armaments Depot at Coulport is unique in Britain and Royal Navy chiefs have said this means the deterrent would have to remain in Scotland even if it became independent. But the Government response to the report, published yesterday, said the concerns were not "well-founded" and concentrated instead on issues over when a referendum should be held. In reply, the committee concluded that was "reinforcing our belief that the possibility that independence might actually happen is being neglected in strategic planning." The committee also criticised the lack of attention to the potential fall out of a collapse of the Eurozone such as an outbreak of "domestic social or political unrest" and a surge of economic migrants within the European Union. The Government said the national security strategy did not consider "economic instability as a direct risk to UK national security in its own right."