Global Abolition Of Nuclear Weapons

EDM number 145 in 2016-17, proposed by Caroline Lucas on 06/06/2016.
Categorised under the topic of Arms control.

That this House notes that the UN Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) on Nuclear Disarmament met in Geneva in May 2016, where a proposed treaty to ban all nuclear weapons was discussed and attracted widespread support; is dismayed that the Government has refused to participate in the OEWG; is concerned that plans for Trident replacement will set back the cause of global abolition of nuclear weapons; and calls for the Government to actively engage in international efforts to eliminate nuclear weapons and support the proposed ban treaty.

This motion has been signed by a total of 44 MPs.