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Adjournment debate on Thursday, 4 March 2010, in the House of Commons, led by Mike Gapes. The answering member was Ivan Lewis.

Global Security (Non-Proliferation)

Westminster Hall debate on global security (non-proliferation) on a motion for the adjournment.

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Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
506 c325-52WH 
Session
2009-10
Department
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
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Proceeding contributions
Jeremy Corbyn | 506 c346WH (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for what he has just said. He knows that I agree with him on the question of hu...
Ivan Lewis | 506 c346-7WH (Link to this contribution) On the first question, the International Atomic Energy Agency has made it clear that the Iranians ar...
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Ivan Lewis | 506 c347-8WH (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for reiterating his position, which is well known, but he mentioned Iran's hu...
Jeremy Corbyn | 506 c347WH (Link to this contribution) I have no problem whatever answering that question, because I have never supported Iran developing n...
John Stanley | 506 c349WH (Link to this contribution) On a point of fact, I believe that I am correct and that the Minister may wish to review what he has...
Ivan Lewis | 506 c348-9WH (Link to this contribution) I turn to some of the contributions from hon. Members; I want to do them justice. I realise that I h...
Ivan Lewis | 506 c349-50WH (Link to this contribution) The right hon. Gentleman raises a point that is difficult to argue with. It all depends on one's def...
David Lidington | 506 c348WH (Link to this contribution) Let me say very simply that the Opposition share the Minister's belief that it is important that the...
Ed Davey | 506 c350WH (Link to this contribution) I am happy to help the Minister. I hope that he will then answer the questions that I raised about T...
Ivan Lewis | 506 c350WH (Link to this contribution) The problem is that we are not clear about the Liberal Democrat position on the replacement of Tride...
Jeremy Corbyn | 506 c350WH (Link to this contribution) Will the Government publish in advance of the conference any particular strategic document, and will...
Ivan Lewis | 506 c350-1WH (Link to this contribution) That may be an offer that I can refuse; I am not sure. I am not clear whether we have a commitment t...
Mike Gapes | 506 c351-2WH (Link to this contribution) With the leave of the House, I thank the Minister for his detailed response and all right hon. and h...
Speaker | 506 c340WH (Link to this contribution) Order. There is a Division in the House. I understand that it is the first of several, although how ...
Ed Davey | 506 c339-40WH (Link to this contribution) I join in the tributes to the late Michael Foot. He was a fantastic campaigner for peace and nuclear...
Ed Davey | 506 c340-2WH (Link to this contribution) It is good to be back, Mr. Williams. Before the Divisions, I was saying that there is a large degre...
Speaker | 506 c340WH (Link to this contribution) I understand that there is to be a number of Divisions, so I propose that we suspend the sitting unt...
Jeremy Corbyn | 506 c339WH (Link to this contribution) Absolutely. It is a starting point and something I shall be discussing in the general election when ...
David Lidington | 506 c342-4WH (Link to this contribution) I thank the Select Committee and congratulate it on a first-class report. The report and the Governm...
Ivan Lewis | 506 c344-5WH (Link to this contribution) I begin by paying tribute to the Foreign Affairs Committee for the quality of its report. Members ha...
Mike Gapes | 506 c331WH (Link to this contribution) I cannot answer that question. The Committee's report was not a detailed report on Trident. The Defe...
Jeremy Corbyn | 506 c330WH (Link to this contribution) I welcome the points that have been made in the report. Does my hon. Friend have any idea about how ...
Mike Gapes | 506 c330WH (Link to this contribution) I can quote the exact words stated by the Committee last year:""The Government should specify—in the...
Ed Davey | 506 c330WH (Link to this contribution) As we approach the May conference, would it be helpful if the Government went on the record to say t...
Jeremy Corbyn | 506 c338-9WH (Link to this contribution) I am pleased that we are having this debate today. I shall be brief, because we hope to vote in the ...
David Drew | 506 c339WH (Link to this contribution) That is an absolute starting point of any new Government. As such, should it not be something that w...
John Stanley | 506 c336WH (Link to this contribution) No, I was not referring to that. Most of the cruise missile capability, as the hon. Gentleman will k...
Gavin Strang | 506 c336-8WH (Link to this contribution) A day when the papers contain so many well deserved tributes to Michael Foot is surely a good day to...
John Stanley | 506 c331-6WH (Link to this contribution) Having many more years ago than I like to recall co-authored a book at the Institute for Strategic S...
Ed Davey | 506 c336WH (Link to this contribution) The right hon. Gentleman is making an important point. Because he has done so much work on the matte...
Mike Gapes | 506 c325-8WH (Link to this contribution) I am delighted to introduce the fourth report of the Foreign Affairs Committee, which will, I guess,...
Jeremy Corbyn | 506 c328WH (Link to this contribution) I apologise for missing the first 10 minutes of my hon. Friend's speech. His Committee delivered a c...
Mike Gapes | 506 c328-30WH (Link to this contribution) I am not sure whether another negotiating forum would help us; I would need to be convinced of that....
Subjects
Decommissioning Arms control Nuclear weapons Nuclear disarmament Pakistan Proliferation Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Testing USA Russia Israel Iran Middle East Peace negotiations North Korea Trident
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