NUCLEAR WARHEAD CONSTRUCTION AT THE ATOMIC WEAPONS ESTABLISHMENT

Early day motion 1165, tabled 11 March 2008 by Jeremy Corbyn (Labour). Signed by 36 members.

That this House notes that the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) at Berkshire has been building nuclear warheads for more than 50 years; also notes that on 24th March 2008 the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) will hold a peaceful demonstration at Aldermaston, not only to protest about its manufacture of nuclear bombs, but also to celebrate 50 years of anti-nuclear protest in the UK; congratulates Aldermaston Women's Peace Camps, established in 1985, for their steadfast on-site resistance to the role of AWE in developing nuclear warheads; recalls that in 2002, AWE Management Ltd published a plan to develop new facilities worth £5 billion, including state-of-the-art computers, which could support the development of new nuclear weapons without the need for a nuclear weapon test explosion, banned under the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty; and expresses support for CND's protest at AWE on 24th March 2008.

Signatures by party: Labour 25, Plaid Cymru 3, Independent 2, Liberal Democrat 2, Social Democratic and Labour Party 2, Independent Labour 1, Scottish National Party 1.