Trident Replacement

EDM number 956 in 2015-16, proposed by Caroline Lucas on 13/01/2016.
Categorised under the topics of Arms control, Defence expenditure, Defence policy, Public expenditure and Ballistic missile defence.

That this House notes the publication of the Strategic Defence and Security Review and the National Security Strategy; further notes that the estimated cost of replacing the Vanguard Class of nuclear armed submarines has increased to £31 billion with a £10 billion contingency, and the date of entry into service for the successor submarines has been delayed; notes that the National Security Strategy states that there is currently no direct threat to the UK or its vital interests from states developing weapons of mass destruction; believes that nuclear weapons continue to be irrelevant to the threats faced in the 21st century; and calls on the Government to abandon plans to replace Trident and instead reallocate the money to other government departments.

This motion has been signed by a total of 56 MPs.