TRIDENT AND THE NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY

Early day motion 1614, tabled 9 February 2006 by Neil Gerrard (Labour). Signed by 62 members.

That this House notes that the Government when elected in 1997 committed itself to working for multilateral nuclear disarmament; further notes that the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) commits nuclear weapon states to negotiate the elimination of their nuclear arsenals and that the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the use or threatened use of nuclear weapons affirms an obligation `to negotiate in good faith and bring to a conclusion negotiations leading to nuclear disarmament'; further notes that any programme to replace Trident nuclear weapons systems would pre-empt and undermine the effectiveness of such negotiations; and calls upon the Government to support the international rule of law by implementing the obligations of the NPT which would preclude a replacement of Trident.

Signatures by party: Labour 53, Scottish National Party 4, Plaid Cymru 3, Liberal Democrat 1, Respect 1.