DEFENCE REVIEW 2015 AND TRIDENT REPLACEMENT

Early day motion 1190, tabled 13 March 2014 by Jeremy Corbyn (Labour). Signed by 25 members.

That this House notes that a National Security Strategy (NSS) and Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR) is due to be conducted in 2015; further notes the Defence Committee report, Towards the next Defence and Security Review (Seventh Report, HC 197) and its concern that SDSR 2015 must be about understanding and outlining Britain's place in the world; believes that the decision on whether to maintain a nuclear weapons system beyond the life of Trident is central to this discussion and must be fully debated within the NSS and SDSR process; and urges that the Main Gate decision on the construction of Trident replacement submarines be delayed until after the publication of the SDSR.

Signatures by party: Labour 14, Liberal Democrat 2, Plaid Cymru 2, Social Democratic and Labour Party 2, Alliance 1, Green 1, Independent 1, Respect 1, Scottish National Party 1.