That this House notes the lack of a coherent role for the Trident system within Britain's defence network as set out in the Government's defence White Paper; further notes that the technology upon which Trident was based has now been outstripped; and calls on the Government to follow the example of South Africa and abolish the UK's nuclear arsenal.

That this House notes the lack of a coherent role for the Trident system within Britain's defence network as set out in the Government's defence White Paper; further notes that the technology upon which Trident was based has now been outstripped; and calls on the Government to follow the example...

That this House welcomes the cancellation of the second tranche of VAT on domestic fuel and power; and believes that any future revenue raised in lieu of the hitherto expected monies from this source should come from the massive ??20 billion savings to be gained from the cancellation of the construction, commissioning and deployment programme for Trident

That this House welcomes the cancellation of the second tranche of VAT on domestic fuel and power; and believes that any future revenue raised in lieu of the hitherto expected monies from this source should come from the massive ??20 billion savings to be gained from the cancellation of the...

That this House believes that United Kingdom defence spending should be reduced to the average level of other West European countries, allied to constructive plans for defence diversification, arms conversion and the transfer of the savings made to social priorities by investment in job creation and economic development and the restructure of the United Kingdom's infrastructure; recognises the importance of making retraining of the defence sector workforce a priority; supports the call for the scrapping of the Trident submarine and weapons programme as an essential step towards eliminating nuclear weapons world-wide; notes with dismay the Government's decision to ringfence nuclear weapons in its front line first defence costs study; believes that in rejecting Trident the United Kingdom would demonstrate concrete support for strengthening the nuclear non-proliferation treaty prior to the review and extension conference for the treaty next April; recognises the importance of a successful outcome to the negotiations for a comprehensive nuclear test ban treaty for the NPT; further believes that the lifetime costs of Trident deployment will be at least ??33 billion when re-fit, replacement and decommissioning are included; that it is the hidden extra costs of continuing the United Kingdom nuclear weapons programme, in health, environment as well as financial terms that have drastically damaged the peace dividend; and therefore calls on the Government to support the cancellation of Trident and to plan the investment of resources saved into job creation and industrial innovation in the British civil economy.

That this House believes that United Kingdom defence spending should be reduced to the average level of other West European countries, allied to constructive plans for defence diversification, arms conversion and the transfer of the savings made to social priorities by investment in job creation and economic development and the...

That this House congratulates the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament for organising a peaceful and highly successful march and rally for a nuclear free world on Saturday 29th October; supports the call for the scrapping of the Trident submarine and weapons programme as an essential step towards eliminating nuclear weapons world-wide; condemns the consistent refusal of the Government to abide by the terms of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty; and further expresses dismay at the excessive and wholly unnecessary numbers of police on duty at a demonstration for peace.

That this House congratulates the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament for organising a peaceful and highly successful march and rally for a nuclear free world on Saturday 29th October; supports the call for the scrapping of the Trident submarine and weapons programme as an essential step towards eliminating nuclear weapons world-wide;...

That this House believes that United Kingdom defence spending should be reduced to the average level of other West European countries, allied to constructive plans for defence diversification, arms conversion and the transfer of the savings made to social priorities by investment in job creation and economic development, and the restructure of the United Kingdom's infrastructure; recognises the importance of making retraining of the defence sector workforce a priority; supports the call for the scrapping of the Trident submarine and weapons programme as an essential step towards eliminating nuclear weapons world-wide; notes with dismay the Government's decision to ringfence nuclear weapons in its front line first defence costs study; believes that in rejecting Trident the United Kingdom would demonstrate concrete support for strengthening the nuclear non-proliferation treaty prior to the review and extension conference for the treaty next April; recognises the importance of a successful outcome to the negotiations for a comprehensive nuclear test ban treaty for the NPT; further believes that the lifetime cost of Trident deployment will be at least ??33 billion when re-fit, replacement and decommissioning are included; that it is the hidden extra costs of continuing the United Kingdom nuclear weapons programme, in health, environment as well as financial terms that has drastically damaged the peace dividend; and therefore calls on the Government to support the cancellation of Trident and to plan the investment of resources saved into job creation and industrial innovation in the British civil economy.

That this House believes that United Kingdom defence spending should be reduced to the average level of other West European countries, allied to constructive plans for defence diversification, arms conversion and the transfer of the savings made to social priorities by investment in job creation and economic development, and the...

That this House welcomes the overwhelming vote at the Labour Party conference calling for United Kingdom defence spending to be reduced to the average level of other West European countries, allied to constructive plans for defence diversification, arms conversion and the transfer of the savings made to economic and social priorities by investment in job creation and economic development and the restructuring of Britain's crumbling infrastructure; recognises the importance of the call for making retraining of the defence sector workforce a priority; applauds the conference majority decision calling for the immediate scrapping of the Trident submarine and weapons programme as an essential step towards the elimination of nuclear weapons worldwide; believes that in rejecting Trident the United Kingdom can demonstrate genuine support for strengthening the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and bolster the consolidation of a comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty; further believes that the lifetime costs of Trident deployment will be at least ??33 billion when re-fit, replacement and decommissioning are included and that it is the hidden extra costs of continuing the United Kingdom nuclear weapons programme that is bound to reduce drastically the possibility of a positive peace dividend; and therefore calls upon Her Majesty's Government to support the cancellation of the Trident programme and to plan the investment of resources saved into job creation and industrial innovation in the civil economy.

That this House welcomes the overwhelming vote at the Labour Party conference calling for United Kingdom defence spending to be reduced to the average level of other West European countries, allied to constructive plans for defence diversification, arms conversion and the transfer of the savings made to economic and social...

That this House congratulates Greenpeace for publishing its report The United Kingdom - The World's Worst Proliferator? and distributing it to all honourable members of Parliament and some members of the House of Lords; believes Greenpeace is correct to point out the hypocrisy of the Government lecturing other states, such as Ukraine, on their nuclear weapons and problems of adherence to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty when the Government's insistence in going ahead with Trident directly contradicts NPT commitments under Articles I and VI of the treaty; further welcomes the report's highlighting of the problems of plutonium proliferation posed by THORP at Sellafield; and calls upon the Government to read and act upon the report's recommendations.

That this House congratulates Greenpeace for publishing its report The United Kingdom - The World's Worst Proliferator? and distributing it to all honourable members of Parliament and some members of the House of Lords; believes Greenpeace is correct to point out the hypocrisy of the Government lecturing other states, such...