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This motion has been signed by a total of 116 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.
| MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Cohen | 14/06/1995 | Leyton | Proposed | |
| Tom Clarke | 14/06/1995 | Monklands West | Signed | |
| Ann Clwyd | 14/06/1995 | Cynon Valley | Signed | |
| Ann Coffey | 14/06/1995 | Stockport | Signed | |
| Jeremy Corbyn | 14/06/1995 | Islington North | Signed | |
| Jim Cousins | 14/06/1995 | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Signed | |
| Tom Cox | 14/06/1995 | Tooting | Signed | |
| Jimmy Dunnachie | 14/06/1995 | Glasgow, Pollok | Signed | |
| Kenneth Eastham | 14/06/1995 | Manchester, Blackley | Signed | |
| Andrew Faulds | 14/06/1995 | Warley East | Signed | |
| Irene Adams | 14/06/1995 | Paisley North | Signed | |
| Tony Banks | 14/06/1995 | Newham North West | Signed | |
| Hugh Bayley | 14/06/1995 | York, City of | Signed | |
| Tony Benn | 14/06/1995 | Chesterfield | Signed | |
| Robert Wareing | 14/06/1995 | Liverpool, West Derby | Signed | |
| Alan Wynne Williams | 14/06/1995 | Carmarthen | Signed | |
| David Winnick | 14/06/1995 | Walsall North | Signed | |
| Stan Orme | 14/06/1995 | Salford East | Signed | |
| Chris Mullin | 14/06/1995 | Sunderland South | Signed | |
| Andrew Miller | 14/06/1995 | Ellesmere Port & Neston | Signed | |
| Colin Pickthall | 14/06/1995 | West Lancashire | Signed | |
| Robert Parry | 14/06/1995 | Liverpool, Riverside | Signed | |
| Ernie Ross | 14/06/1995 | Dundee West | Signed | |
| Alan Simpson | 14/06/1995 | Nottingham South | Signed | |
| Clive Soley | 14/06/1995 | Hammersmith | Signed | |
| Robert Hughes | 14/06/1995 | Aberdeen North | Signed | |
| John Hutton | 14/06/1995 | Barrow & Furness | Signed | |
| Eric Illsley | 14/06/1995 | Barnsley Central | Signed | |
| Helen Jackson | 14/06/1995 | Sheffield, Hillsborough | Signed | |
| William McKelvey | 14/06/1995 | Kilmarnock & Loudoun | Signed | |
| Thomas McAvoy | 14/06/1995 | Glasgow, Rutherglen | Signed | |
| John McAllion | 14/06/1995 | Dundee East | Signed | |
| Alice Mahon | 14/06/1995 | Halifax | Signed | |
| Eddie Loyden | 14/06/1995 | Liverpool, Garston | Signed | |
| Jane Kennedy | 14/06/1995 | Liverpool Broadgreen | Signed | |
| Martyn Jones | 14/06/1995 | Clwyd South West | Signed | |
| Maria Fyfe | 15/06/1995 | Glasgow, Maryhill | Signed | |
| John Evans | 15/06/1995 | St Helens North | Signed | |
| Bill Etherington | 15/06/1995 | Sunderland North | Signed | |
| Jim Dowd | 15/06/1995 | Lewisham West | Signed | |
| Terry Davis | 15/06/1995 | Birmingham, Hodge Hill | Signed | |
| Jim Cunningham | 15/06/1995 | Coventry South East | Signed | |
| Neil Gerrard | 15/06/1995 | Walthamstow | Signed | |
| Norman Godman | 15/06/1995 | Greenock and Port Glasgow | Signed | |
| Win Griffiths | 15/06/1995 | Bridgend | Signed | |
| Harry Barnes | 15/06/1995 | North East Derbyshire | Signed | |
| Gerry Steinberg | 15/06/1995 | Durham, City of | Signed | |
| George Stevenson | 15/06/1995 | Stoke-on-Trent South | Signed | |
| Paddy Tipping | 15/06/1995 | Sherwood | Signed | |
| Dennis Turner | 15/06/1995 | Wolverhampton South East | Signed | |
| Mike Watson | 15/06/1995 | Glasgow Central | Signed | |
| Robin Corbett | 15/06/1995 | Birmingham, Erdington | Signed | |
| Malcolm Chisholm | 15/06/1995 | Edinburgh Leith | Signed | |
| Peter Pike | 15/06/1995 | Burnley | Signed | |
| Gordon Prentice | 15/06/1995 | Pendle | Signed | |
| Dawn Primarolo | 15/06/1995 | Bristol South | Signed | |
| Dennis Skinner | 15/06/1995 | Bolsover | Signed | |
| Peter Hardy | 15/06/1995 | Wentworth | Signed | |
| John Heppell | 15/06/1995 | Nottingham East | Signed | |
| Keith Hill | 15/06/1995 | Streatham | Signed | |
| David Hinchliffe | 15/06/1995 | Wakefield | Signed | |
| Lynne Jones | 15/06/1995 | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Signed | |
| Jamie Cann | 15/06/1995 | Ipswich | Signed | |
| Anne Campbell | 15/06/1995 | Cambridge | Signed | |
| Keith Bradley | 15/06/1995 | Manchester, Withington | Signed | |
| Bill O'Brien | 15/06/1995 | Normanton | Signed | |
| Bill Michie | 15/06/1995 | Sheffield, Heeley | Signed | |
| Elfyn Llwyd | 15/06/1995 | Meirionnydd Nant Conwy | Signed | |
| Dafydd Wigley | 19/06/1995 | Caernarfon | Signed | |
| John Denham | 19/06/1995 | Southampton, Itchen | Signed | |
| Michael Clapham | 19/06/1995 | Barnsley West & Penistone | Signed | |
| Austin Mitchell | 19/06/1995 | Great Grimsby | Signed | |
| Denis MacShane | 19/06/1995 | Rotherham | Signed | |
| Jeff Rooker | 19/06/1995 | Birmingham, Perry Barr | Signed | |
| Bridget Prentice | 19/06/1995 | Lewisham East | Signed | |
| Clive Betts | 20/06/1995 | Sheffield, Attercliffe | Signed | |
| Paul Flynn | 20/06/1995 | Newport West | Signed | |
| Ian Davidson | 20/06/1995 | Glasgow, Govan | Signed | |
| Richard Burden | 20/06/1995 | Birmingham, Northfield | Signed | |
| Roland Boyes | 20/06/1995 | Houghton and Washington | Signed | |
| Piara S Khabra | 20/06/1995 | Ealing, Southall | Signed | |
| Llew Smith | 20/06/1995 | Blaenau Gwent | Signed | |
| Mike Hall | 21/06/1995 | Warrington South | Signed | |
| John Gunnell | 21/06/1995 | Leeds South and Morley | Signed | |
| Jean Corston | 21/06/1995 | Bristol East | Signed | |
| David Marshall | 21/06/1995 | Glasgow, Shettleston | Signed | |
| Martin Redmond | 22/06/1995 | Don Valley | Signed | |
| Ken Livingstone | 22/06/1995 | Brent East | Signed | |
| Peter Hain | 22/06/1995 | Neath | Signed | |
| Norman Hogg | 26/06/1995 | Cumbernauld & Kilsyth | Signed | |
| Nick Ainger | 26/06/1995 | Pembroke | Signed | |
| Jack Thompson | 27/06/1995 | Wansbeck | Signed | |
| Tommy Graham | 29/06/1995 | Renfrew West and Inverclyde | Signed | |
| Michael Connarty | 29/06/1995 | Falkirk East | Signed | |
| Peter Kilfoyle | 29/06/1995 | Liverpool, Walton | Signed | |
| Rachel Squire | 03/07/1995 | Dunfermline West | Signed | |
| Andrew MacKinlay | 03/07/1995 | Thurrock | Signed | |
| Joan Ruddock | 06/07/1995 | Lewisham, Deptford | Signed | |
| Alf Morris | 06/07/1995 | Manchester Wythenshawe | Signed | |
| Jim Wallace | 06/07/1995 | Orkney & Shetland | Signed | |
| Roger Berry | 10/07/1995 | Kingswood | Signed | |
| Elliot Morley | 10/07/1995 | Glanford and Scunthorpe | Signed | |
| John McFall | 10/07/1995 | Dumbarton | Signed | |
| Margaret Ewing | 11/07/1995 | Moray | Signed | |
| Matthew Taylor | 11/07/1995 | Truro | Signed | |
| Frank Cook | 13/07/1995 | Stockton North | Signed | |
| Martin O'Neill | 18/07/1995 | Clackmannan | Signed | |
| Joan Walley | 16/10/1995 | Stoke-on-Trent North | Signed | |
| Janet Anderson | 16/10/1995 | Rossendale & Darwen | Signed | |
| Richard Caborn | 16/10/1995 | Sheffield Central | Signed | |
| Bill Olner | 16/10/1995 | Nuneaton | Signed | |
| Peter Snape | 16/10/1995 | West Bromwich East | Signed | |
| Ted Rowlands | 16/10/1995 | Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney | Signed | |
| Llin Golding | 19/10/1995 | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Signed | |
| Barbara Roche | 06/11/1995 | Hornsey & Wood Green | Signed | |
| Derek Enright | Unknown | Withdrawn |
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