Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor John McWilliam (Labour), on Thursday, 30 March 2000, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 82 members in total.

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GOVERNMENT NUCLEAR WEAPONS POLICY

That this House believes that multilateral nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament measures are fundamental to international security; notes with concern events in India, Iraq, Pakistan, and North Korea; is deeply concerned at the lack of political will being invested by the United States as leader of the Western alliance in the START process, the nuclear CTBT, the Anti-Ballistic Misile Treaty and the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty; recalls the United Kingdom's legal commitment under the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty to negotiate the elimination of its own nuclear weapons in a multi-lateral context; and urges the Government to seek the agreement of the United States, in advance of next months NPT conference which it is hoped the Prime Minister will attend, that it is now time to begin the lengthy process of negotiating a verifiable and enforceable global ban on nuclear weapons.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

579 

Session

1999-00

Subjects

Arms control Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Nuclear disarmament Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk