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Proceeding contribution from Simon Hughes (Liberal Democrat) in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 14 March 2007. It occurred during Debate on Trident.

Trident

Obviously, as the Foreign Secretary rightly said, we are not the biggest player among the nuclear arms powers—and, yes, there have been steps to disarmament. Why, however, would the Government’s position, which is in principle to retain the nuclear deterrent, be a better trigger for disarmament in the 2010 talks than a decision to defer on the basis of reduction now and prospective reduction or abolition of nuclear arms later?

Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
458 c301 
Session
2006-07
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Defence Arms control Expenditure National security Nuclear weapons Procurement Navy Military bases Nuclear disarmament Proliferation Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Terrorism USA Nuclear submarines Trident
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk