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Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Tony Benn (Labour), on Friday, 29 October 1999, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 21 members in total.

LEGALITY OF BRITISH NUCLEAR WEAPONS

That this House welcomes the recent judgement by a court in Scotland in a case where three women who were charged after they had disarmed an integral part of the UK Trident nuclear weapon system were acquitted by the sheriff on the grounds that their action was justified on account of the illegality and criminality of the UK Trident system; and calls upon Her Majesty's Government to institute, as a matter of urgency, an independent, open and public audit of the nuclear weapons programme.

Amendments

The Early day motion has received an amendment.

LEGALITY OF BRITISH NUCLEAR WEAPONS (959A1)
The Early day motion has received an amendment sponsored by Julian Lewis (primary, Conservative) and tabled on Tuesday, 9 November 1999. It has been signed by 1 members in total.
leave out from 'welcomes' to end and add 'the interview given to The Express newspaper of 22 October 1999 by the Sheriff in the Scottish court case about the legality of British nuclear weapons and damage done to nuclear weapons-related equipment in which she explained that there had been 'a huge misunderstanding'; that she 'never said nuclear weapons were illegal'; that she may have made a wrong decision as she is not an international lawyer; that she had not ruled that Britain's Trident nuclear deterrent is illegal; and that it would have been better if this case had been heard in the High Court rather than in front of her as 'a little person doing a job'.'.

Secondary information

Type
Early day motion
Reference
959 
959A1 
Session
1998-99
Subjects
Nuclear weapons
Link
View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk