GLOBAL SUMMIT FOR A NUCLEAR WEAPON FREE WORLD

Early day motion 892, tabled 5 February 2008 by Jeremy Corbyn (Labour). Signed by 80 members.

That this House notes the 50th anniversary of the founding meeting of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament on 17th February 1958; supports the campaign's ongoing work to achieve worldwide nuclear disarmament; congratulates the campaign for convening the Global Summit for a Nuclear Weapon Free World on 16th and 17th February 2008, drawing together leading diplomatic, scientific and policy experts, including Ambassador Sergio Duarte, chair of the 2005 Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference; and calls on the Government to re-focus on creating the conditions for abolishing nuclear weapons, including facilitating negotiations on achieving a Nuclear Weapons Convention.

Signatures by party: Labour 51, Liberal Democrat 19, Scottish National Party 4, Plaid Cymru 3, Independent 2, Social Democratic and Labour Party 1.