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French Nuclear Weapons Tests

EDM number 1248 in 1994-95, proposed by Harry Cohen on 14/06/1995.

That this House deplores the decision of the Government of France to resume testing nuclear weapons in the South Pacific; notes the universal hostility to that decision by the countries in that area, who form a voluntary nuclear-free zone; considers that the safety of the weapons excuse proffered by France for resuming the tests is lame because there are plenty of computer simulations of nuclear explosions available, and the same argument could be used by any nuclear state following the introduction of a comprehensive nuclear test ban treaty thereby destroying such a treaty; further notes that these proposed tests runs contrary to the obligations entered into by nuclear weapons states at the recent Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty conference; further notes that the response from No. 10 Downing Street to the announcement of these tests was a pathetic absence of any criticism whatsoever; and so this House urges the French Government to change its mind and abandon these deplorable nuclear weapons tests.

This motion has been signed by a total of 116 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Harry Cohen14/06/1995LeytonProposed
Colin Pickthall14/06/1995West LancashireSigned
Robert Parry14/06/1995Liverpool, RiversideSigned
Ernie Ross14/06/1995Dundee WestSigned
Alan Simpson14/06/1995Nottingham SouthSigned
Clive Soley14/06/1995HammersmithSigned
Robert Hughes14/06/1995Aberdeen NorthSigned
John Hutton14/06/1995Barrow & FurnessSigned
Eric Illsley14/06/1995Barnsley CentralSigned
Helen Jackson14/06/1995Sheffield, HillsboroughSigned
Martyn Jones14/06/1995Clwyd South WestSigned
Jane Kennedy14/06/1995Liverpool BroadgreenSigned
Eddie Loyden14/06/1995Liverpool, GarstonSigned
Alice Mahon14/06/1995HalifaxSigned
John McAllion14/06/1995Dundee EastSigned
Thomas McAvoy14/06/1995Glasgow, RutherglenSigned
William McKelvey14/06/1995Kilmarnock & LoudounSigned
Andrew Miller14/06/1995Ellesmere Port & NestonSigned
Chris Mullin14/06/1995Sunderland SouthSigned
Stan Orme14/06/1995Salford EastSigned
Tom Clarke14/06/1995Monklands WestSigned
Ann Clwyd14/06/1995Cynon ValleySigned
Ann Coffey14/06/1995StockportSigned
Jeremy Corbyn14/06/1995Islington NorthSigned
Jim Cousins14/06/1995Newcastle upon Tyne CentralSigned
Tom Cox14/06/1995TootingSigned
Jimmy Dunnachie14/06/1995Glasgow, PollokSigned
Kenneth Eastham14/06/1995Manchester, BlackleySigned
Andrew Faulds14/06/1995Warley EastSigned
Irene Adams14/06/1995Paisley NorthSigned
Tony Banks14/06/1995Newham North WestSigned
Hugh Bayley14/06/1995York, City ofSigned
Tony Benn14/06/1995ChesterfieldSigned
Robert Wareing14/06/1995Liverpool, West DerbySigned
Alan Wynne Williams14/06/1995CarmarthenSigned
David Winnick14/06/1995Walsall NorthSigned
Peter Pike15/06/1995BurnleySigned
Gordon Prentice15/06/1995PendleSigned
Dawn Primarolo15/06/1995Bristol SouthSigned
Dennis Skinner15/06/1995BolsoverSigned
Peter Hardy15/06/1995WentworthSigned
John Heppell15/06/1995Nottingham EastSigned
Keith Hill15/06/1995StreathamSigned
David Hinchliffe15/06/1995WakefieldSigned
Lynne Jones15/06/1995Birmingham, Selly OakSigned
Elfyn Llwyd15/06/1995Meirionnydd Nant ConwySigned
Bill Michie15/06/1995Sheffield, HeeleySigned
Bill O'Brien15/06/1995NormantonSigned
Keith Bradley15/06/1995Manchester, WithingtonSigned
Anne Campbell15/06/1995CambridgeSigned
Jamie Cann15/06/1995IpswichSigned
Malcolm Chisholm15/06/1995Edinburgh LeithSigned
Robin Corbett15/06/1995Birmingham, ErdingtonSigned
Jim Cunningham15/06/1995Coventry South EastSigned
Terry Davis15/06/1995Birmingham, Hodge HillSigned
Jim Dowd15/06/1995Lewisham WestSigned
Bill Etherington15/06/1995Sunderland NorthSigned
John Evans15/06/1995St Helens NorthSigned
Maria Fyfe15/06/1995Glasgow, MaryhillSigned
Neil Gerrard15/06/1995WalthamstowSigned
Norman Godman15/06/1995Greenock and Port GlasgowSigned
Win Griffiths15/06/1995BridgendSigned
Harry Barnes15/06/1995North East DerbyshireSigned
Gerry Steinberg15/06/1995Durham, City ofSigned
George Stevenson15/06/1995Stoke-on-Trent SouthSigned
Paddy Tipping15/06/1995SherwoodSigned
Dennis Turner15/06/1995Wolverhampton South EastSigned
Mike Watson15/06/1995Glasgow CentralSigned
Bridget Prentice19/06/1995Lewisham EastSigned
Jeff Rooker19/06/1995Birmingham, Perry BarrSigned
Denis MacShane19/06/1995RotherhamSigned
Austin Mitchell19/06/1995Great GrimsbySigned
Michael Clapham19/06/1995Barnsley West & PenistoneSigned
John Denham19/06/1995Southampton, ItchenSigned
Dafydd Wigley19/06/1995CaernarfonSigned
Llew Smith20/06/1995Blaenau GwentSigned
Piara S Khabra20/06/1995Ealing, SouthallSigned
Roland Boyes20/06/1995Houghton and WashingtonSigned
Richard Burden20/06/1995Birmingham, NorthfieldSigned
Ian Davidson20/06/1995Glasgow, GovanSigned
Paul Flynn20/06/1995Newport WestSigned
Clive Betts20/06/1995Sheffield, AttercliffeSigned
David Marshall21/06/1995Glasgow, ShettlestonSigned
Jean Corston21/06/1995Bristol EastSigned
John Gunnell21/06/1995Leeds South and MorleySigned
Mike Hall21/06/1995Warrington SouthSigned
Martin Redmond22/06/1995Don ValleySigned
Ken Livingstone22/06/1995Brent EastSigned
Peter Hain22/06/1995NeathSigned
Norman Hogg26/06/1995Cumbernauld & KilsythSigned
Nick Ainger26/06/1995PembrokeSigned
Jack Thompson27/06/1995WansbeckSigned
Peter Kilfoyle29/06/1995Liverpool, WaltonSigned
Michael Connarty29/06/1995Falkirk EastSigned
Tommy Graham29/06/1995Renfrew West and InverclydeSigned
Rachel Squire03/07/1995Dunfermline WestSigned
Andrew MacKinlay03/07/1995ThurrockSigned
Joan Ruddock06/07/1995Lewisham, DeptfordSigned
Alf Morris06/07/1995Manchester WythenshaweSigned
Jim Wallace06/07/1995Orkney & ShetlandSigned
John McFall10/07/1995DumbartonSigned
Elliot Morley10/07/1995Glanford and ScunthorpeSigned
Roger Berry10/07/1995KingswoodSigned
Margaret Ewing11/07/1995MoraySigned
Matthew Taylor11/07/1995TruroSigned
Frank Cook13/07/1995Stockton NorthSigned
Martin O'Neill18/07/1995ClackmannanSigned
Ted Rowlands16/10/1995Merthyr Tydfil & RhymneySigned
Peter Snape16/10/1995West Bromwich EastSigned
Bill Olner16/10/1995NuneatonSigned
Richard Caborn16/10/1995Sheffield CentralSigned
Janet Anderson16/10/1995Rossendale & DarwenSigned
Joan Walley16/10/1995Stoke-on-Trent NorthSigned
Llin Golding19/10/1995Newcastle-under-LymeSigned
Barbara Roche06/11/1995Hornsey & Wood GreenSigned
Derek EnrightUnknownWithdrawn

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