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Ministerial statement on Monday, 4 December 2006, in the House of Commons, led by Tony Blair.

Trident

Statement on the future of the UK nuclear deterrent.

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Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
454 c21-38 
Session
2006-07
Department
Prime Minister
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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Proceeding contributions
Boris Johnson | 454 c33 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister is right to say that this successor submarine must be built with British technolo...
Joan Ruddock | 454 c34 (Link to this contribution) May I thank my right hon. Friend for his statement? Given the importance that he attaches to an inde...
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Tony Blair | 454 c34 (Link to this contribution) Obviously, I do not agree with the right hon. and learned Gentleman on Iraq. In the end, this is not...
William Cash | 454 c34 (Link to this contribution) Given that NATO prohibits Germany from having nuclear weapons, and that we are apparently using NATO...
Tony Blair | 454 c34 (Link to this contribution) No, I would not, and for the very reasons that are at the heart of the non-proliferation treaty. It ...
Colin Challen | 454 c33-4 (Link to this contribution) If a decision is to be taken by Parliament in three months’ time, will my right hon. Friend confirm ...
Tony Blair | 454 c33 (Link to this contribution) In the years to come, thanks in part to the fact that we have doubled the science budget, there will...
Viscount Hailsham | 454 c34 (Link to this contribution) The right hon. Gentleman relies on his judgment, but does he recognise that it was the very judgment...
Tony Blair | 454 c34 (Link to this contribution) What people do is that they take all the existing running costs and project them forward for many ye...
Peter Viggers | 454 c33 (Link to this contribution) In welcoming this hard decision, I ask the Prime Minister to reassure us that he truly understands t...
Tony Blair | 454 c33 (Link to this contribution) Again, that is a perfectly understandable judgment for people to come to. Some would say, ““Spend th...
Ronnie Campbell | 454 c32-3 (Link to this contribution) As a Member of Parliament who does not believe in weapons of mass destruction even though they might...
Tony Blair | 454 c32 (Link to this contribution) I always respect the Scottish Parliament because it is part of the devolution settlement within the ...
Angus Robertson | 454 c32 (Link to this contribution) Given that Scotland has a national Parliament not a parish council, will the Prime Minister give an ...
Tony Blair | 454 c32 (Link to this contribution) Yes, I can confirm that, and it is important that we have a full debate because, as is clear, there ...
Tony Blair | 454 c33 (Link to this contribution) Our deterrent in its operation is completely and totally independent. As I said, I am not speculatin...
Lord Field of Birkenhead | 454 c33 (Link to this contribution) If the British Government decided to go it alone and to act without our allies, would they first hav...
Bernard Jenkin | 454 c36 (Link to this contribution) May I commend the Prime Minister’s statement, particularly the part that referred to the need for a ...
Tony Blair | 454 c37 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is entitled to make any points he wants in the course of the debate. He can debat...
Tony Wright | 454 c37 (Link to this contribution) May I press my right hon. Friend on one aspect of the central judgment that he talks about? He says ...
Lord Benyon | 454 c37 (Link to this contribution) In paying tribute to the measured way in which the Prime Minister put forward his argument today, ma...
Tony Blair | 454 c37 (Link to this contribution) Again, my hon. Friend is absolutely right to say that these are fine matters of judgment in difficul...
Jane Kennedy | 454 c38 (Link to this contribution) May we take the case of Iran? May I invite my right hon. Friend to consider that there is widespread...
Tony Blair | 454 c38 (Link to this contribution) I certainly pay strong tribute to people who work at the Atomic Weapons Establishment at Aldermaston...
Tony Blair | 454 c38 (Link to this contribution) Again, it is possible to speculate and hypothesise, but my right hon. Friend is essentially correct ...
David S Borrow | 454 c35 (Link to this contribution) Would my right hon. Friend agree that if his recommendation is accepted, it would be possible for a ...
Tony Blair | 454 c35 (Link to this contribution) There are sufficient experts on parliamentary sovereignty in the Chamber that I think that I am on s...
Tony Blair | 454 c35 (Link to this contribution) First, what we are actually doing is maintaining the independent nuclear deterrent. Indeed, we will ...
Gavin Strang | 454 c35 (Link to this contribution) The House has listened to what my right hon. Friend has said about the weapons and the possibility o...
Tony Blair | 454 c35 (Link to this contribution) First, I am not prepared to engage in that hypothesis, for obvious reasons. Secondly, my experience ...
James Gray | 454 c35 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Member for Moray (Angus Robertson), who speaks for the Scot nationalists, made an important...
Tony Blair | 454 c36 (Link to this contribution) There are two problems with what my hon. Friend says. The first is that we are maintaining our exist...
Jeremy Corbyn | 454 c36 (Link to this contribution) Is the Prime Minister aware that the logic of his proposal will be to increase nuclear weapons aroun...
Tony Blair | 454 c36 (Link to this contribution) The answer to that is very clear. Our present nuclear deterrent is fully operationally independent a...
John Baron | 454 c36 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister will accept that for Trident’s replacement to be a credible deterrent it has to b...
Speaker | 454 c26 (Link to this contribution) Order. The House should let the right hon. and learned Gentleman speak.
Tony Blair | 454 c26-7 (Link to this contribution) I think that I gather from that that the right hon. and learned Gentleman is in favour of maintainin...
Tony Blair | 454 c21-4 (Link to this contribution) With your permission, Mr. Speaker, I shall make a statement about the Government’s decision to maint...
Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 454 c24-5 (Link to this contribution) Let me say straight away that I agree with the Prime Minister both about the substance of this decis...
Tony Blair | 454 c25-6 (Link to this contribution) First, let me thank the right hon. Gentleman for his support for our decision. I essentially agree w...
Lord Campbell of Pittenweem | 454 c26-7 (Link to this contribution) As the Prime Minister and the White Paper both make clear, a decision to replace Trident is a signif...
Tony Blair | 454 c31 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is entirely right. It is worth pointing out that thousands of people who work in and ...
Marquess of Lothian | 454 c31 (Link to this contribution) The credibility of Trident in the previous century depended on the belief that we would be prepared ...
Tony Blair | 454 c31-2 (Link to this contribution) With respect, the whole principle of deterrence is that we do not state the precise circumstances in...
Keith Simpson | 454 c29 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister pointed out that close co-operation with the United States of America would be ve...
Tony Blair | 454 c29 (Link to this contribution) The whole purpose of the agreement into which we are entering with the Americans is to give us acces...
Peter Kilfoyle | 454 c30 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister is right to remind the House that we are not experts on this subject, but Theodor...
Tony Blair | 454 c30 (Link to this contribution) First, let me tell my hon. Friend that I am delighted to see him back in his place. Secondly, let me...
Edward Leigh | 454 c30 (Link to this contribution) May I follow on from the question from the hon. Member for Liverpool, Walton (Mr. Kilfoyle)? Does th...
Tony Blair | 454 c30-1 (Link to this contribution) For that very reason the White Paper goes into the different systems in some detail. I agree that on...
Linda Gilroy | 454 c31 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the Prime Minister’s statement, which will be particularly welcomed by those who work in D...
Michael Meacher | 454 c29 (Link to this contribution) Given a cost of up to £75 billion—including the cost of maintenance over a lifespan of 30 years—how ...
Tony Blair | 454 c29 (Link to this contribution) Obviously, I do not agree with my right hon. Friend. We will be able to maintain the replacement for...
Malcolm Rifkind | 454 c28 (Link to this contribution) No one seriously doubts that, in the next 30 years, both rogue Governments and terrorist organisatio...
Tony Blair | 454 c28 (Link to this contribution) I totally agree with the right hon. and learned Gentleman, and that is why we will continue to work ...
Bruce George | 454 c27 (Link to this contribution) Those of us who have been here a long, long time find this a case of déjà vu all over again. Under a...
Tony Blair | 454 c27 (Link to this contribution) The £15 billion to £20 billion cost is for the design, manufacture and infrastructure. In today’s mo...
Doug Henderson | 454 c28 (Link to this contribution) I believe that the country will very much support the forthright position adopted by my right hon. F...
Tony Blair | 454 c28 (Link to this contribution) I totally agree with what my hon. Friend says. One of the reasons that I dealt with the matter at so...
Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom | 454 c28 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister promised us a debate, and I welcome the fact that it will run until March. Will h...
Tony Blair | 454 c28 (Link to this contribution) Yes, we are doing that, as that will allow us to ensure that the missiles have an extended life. Aft...
Tony Blair | 454 c33 (Link to this contribution) It is very important that we keep all our options open, which is precisely the reason why we are bet...
Mike Gapes | 454 c32 (Link to this contribution) Can the Prime Minister confirm that, in contrast to what happened in 1947, 1961, 1974 and 1980, this...
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Nuclear weapons Procurement USA Nuclear submarines Trident
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