NATO AND NUCLEAR WEAPONS

Early day motion 1144, tabled 13 November 2000 by Frank Cook (Labour). Signed by 22 members.

That this House believes that the principle of allied strategy (paragraph 46 of the 1999 Strategic Concept) which asserts that nuclear weapons make a unique contribution to deterrence and 'remain essential to preserve peace', is incompatible with the decision by NATO member states at the May 2000 Review Conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty to support an 'unequivocal' commitment to nuclear disarmament; and that therefore NATO strategy should be changed to remove any equivocation.

Signatures by party: Labour 17, Plaid Cymru 3, Labour/Co-operative 2.