NATO MEMBERSHIP

Early day motion 1088, tabled 13 March 2009 by Jeremy Corbyn (Labour). Signed by 10 members.

That this House notes the 60th anniversary of the founding of NATO which takes place in April 2009; believes that the anniversary of this nuclear-armed alliance provides the opportunity to reconsider the organisation's role in the world, particularly given the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact; welcomes the recent statement of 7 February 2009 by US Vice-President Joe Biden that the White House wants to press the reset button on US relations with Russia; therefore regrets the statements of support for Georgian and Ukranian membership of NATO made during the summer of 2008 by the US and UK governments; believes that a further expansion of NATO can only worsen relations with Russia; and therefore calls on the Government not to support the issuing of membership action plans to Georgia, Ukraine and other new states.

Signatures by party: Labour 8, Independent 2.