Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Alan Simpson (Labour), on Tuesday, 20 March 2001, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 59 members in total.

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NATIONAL MISSILE DEFENCE (NMD)

That this House welcomes the communique issued by the Prime Minister and President Bush following their discussions in Washington and the assurance that there would be no development of Fylingdales prior to completion of open consultations on the national missile defence (NMD) programme; notes that the Danish Government is in a similar position over their early warning station at Thule in Greenland and that the Danish parliament will have a full debate on the subject in May; and calls on Her Majesty's Government to have a full parliamentary debate on the implications of involving Fylingdales in the NMD programme.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

469 

Session

2000-01

Other sponsors

Diane Abbott

Tony Benn

Alice Mahon

Jeremy Corbyn

Ann Cryer

Subjects

Defence Nuclear weapons USA Ballistic missile defence RAF Fylingdales

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk