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Nuclear Weapons Free World

EDM number 1941 in 2007-08, proposed by Angus Robertson on 02/07/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Arms control and Defence equipment and procurement.

That this House welcomes the compelling argument, Start worrying and learn to ditch the bomb, by former Conservative foreign secretaries, Lord Hurd of Westwell and the right hon. Member for Kensington and Chelsea, former Labour Foreign Secretary Lord Owen, and former Labour Defence Secretary and recent former NATO Secretary-General Lord Robertson of Port Ellen, published in The Times on 30th June 2008; notes that this argument follows two similar arguments developed by former US secretaries of state, Dr Henry Kissinger and George Shultz, former US Defense Secretary William Perry and former US Senator Sam Nunn, published over the past 18 months in the Wall Street Journal; congratulates The Times authors for recognising the increasing dangers of nuclear weapons and the related concerns over nuclear proliferation, declaring that the ultimate aspiration should be to have a world free of nuclear weapons and calling for a dramatic reduction in the world's nuclear weapons; recognises the close UK/US co-operation on nuclear weapons programmes which significantly contributes to nuclear dangers; and therefore calls on the Government to heed this call by taking specific practical steps, including supporting a nuclear weapons convention, and reversing the decision on Trident replacement, in order to significantly contribute to the goal of a world free of nuclear weapons.

This motion has been signed by a total of 35 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Angus Robertson02/07/2008MorayScottish National PartyProposed
Ken Purchase03/07/2008Wolverhampton North EastLabourSeconded
Angus MacNeil03/07/2008Na h-Eileanan an IarScottish National PartySeconded
Dai Davies03/07/2008Blaenau GwentIndependentSeconded
Alan Meale03/07/2008MansfieldLabourSeconded
Gordon Prentice03/07/2008PendleLabourSeconded
Kelvin Hopkins03/07/2008Luton NorthLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn03/07/2008Islington NorthLabourSigned
Rudi Vis03/07/2008Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Glenda Jackson07/07/2008Hampstead and HighgateLabourSigned
Lynne Jones07/07/2008Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
John McDonnell07/07/2008Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Frank Cook07/07/2008Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore07/07/2008HendonLabourSigned
David Drew07/07/2008StroudLabourSigned
Mark Durkan07/07/2008FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Mike Hancock08/07/2008Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Martin Caton08/07/2008GowerLabourSigned
Paul Holmes08/07/2008ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
Ann Cryer08/07/2008KeighleyLabourSigned
Ronnie Campbell09/07/2008Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Paul Flynn09/07/2008Newport WestLabourSigned
Diane Abbott09/07/2008Hackney North and Stoke NewingtonLabourSigned
John Leech09/07/2008Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Linda Riordan09/07/2008HalifaxLabourSigned
Marsha Singh10/07/2008Bradford WestLabourSigned
Harry Cohen14/07/2008Leyton and WansteadLabourSigned
Desmond Turner14/07/2008Brighton, KemptownLabourSigned
Chris McCafferty15/07/2008Calder ValleyLabourSigned
John Austin15/07/2008Erith and ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Adam Price16/07/2008Carmarthen East and DinefwrPlaid CymruSigned
John Battle17/07/2008Leeds WestLabourSigned
Clare Short21/07/2008Birmingham, LadywoodIndependent LabourSigned
David Howarth06/10/2008CambridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Jim Cousins07/10/2008Newcastle upon Tyne CentralLabourSigned

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