UK Nuclear Weapons And The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

EDM number 588 in 2009-10, proposed by Paul Flynn on 13/01/2010.
Categorised under the topic of Arms control.

That this House notes the view of the Government that the UK needs to continue to have an independent nuclear deterrent while the world remains a dangerous place; further notes that under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty the UK is committed to close down its nuclear deterrent capability in the context of general and complete disarmament; further notes the importance attached by the UN General Secretary Ban Ki-Moon to a successful Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Conference in May 2010 in achieving a world free of nuclear weapons; and therefore calls upon the the Government to ensure the United Kingdom's nuclear weapons of mass destruction capability is entered into nuclear disarmament negotiations forthwith.

This motion has been signed by a total of 26 MPs.