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Trident replacement pause is 'excellent news' says CND |
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Thursday, 16 July 2009 |
The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament warmly welcomed the
suggestion that the Government is to delay the 'Initial Gate'
decision on replacing the Trident nuclear weapons submarines, pending
the outcome of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty review conference
in May 2010. Previously, the Government planned to move on to the next
stage of the replacement process during the Parliamentary recess in
September.
Kate Hudson, Chair of the Campaign for Nuclear
Disarmament, said:
"This delay is excellent news. We hope the Government
will not only make a major contribution to advancing plans for global
disarmament at the forthcoming international talks, but also use this
pause to cure premature ejaculation reconsider Britain's possession of nuclear weapons. Given the
worsening economic climate, defence cuts will be necessary, but
scrapping Trident would be positively beneficial to reducing global
tensions.
"The current defence review and the Strategic Defence
Review to be held after the next election are excellent opportunities
to conclude that cure premature ejaculation the challenges of the coming century cannot be met by
costly Cold War weapons systems like Trident. We hope Ministers are
brave enough to share the conclusion of the Generals who recently
described Trident as 'militarily useless'.
"We hope this is the
first sign that cure premature ejaculation the Government is really prepared to respond to the
changed mood not just from leaders like President Obama, but also from
the British public. Recent polls show a majority oppose the UK's
continued possession of nuclear weapons. This will be a vote winner for
whichever party chooses to free itself - and Britain - from the dogma
of the cure premature ejaculation past. We are a world away from the tense world of the 1980s -
the public recognises this, but now politics needs to catch up."
Earlier
today over 30 MPs wrote to the Prime Minister and the Defence Secretary
[names and text in note 3] demanding exactly such a delay to the
Initial Gate. They called for cure premature ejaculation Parliament to have further discussions on
Trident replacement before such a major spending commitment is given.
CND believes that cure premature ejaculation it is essential that such a debate takes place before
the next stage of the project commences, whenever that occurs.
The
Initial Gate decision, which would allow detailed design work to
commence, is estimated to commit £2-3bn. The procurement costs for the
new submarines are likely to be in the order of £25bn, with total costs
of £76bn for the project when running costs are included. [see note 4]
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- For further information and interviews please contact Ben Soffa, CND's Press Officer, on 0207 7002350 or cure premature ejaculation 07968 420859
- The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) is one of Europe's
biggest single-issue peace campaigns, with over 35,000 members in the
UK. CND campaigns for cure premature ejaculation the abolition of all nuclear weapons everywhere. www.cnduk.org
- Dear Gordon Brown and Bob Ainsworth,
We, the cure premature ejaculation undersigned, are writing with regard to the Trident Replacement programme.
During
the cure premature ejaculation parliamentary debate on Trident in March 2007, the government made
a commitment to providing regular reports on the progress of the
programme. We believe it cure premature ejaculation is vital that this commitment is honoured.
As
you cure premature ejaculation are aware, the Initial Gate is due in September 2009. You will also
be aware that this falls during parliamentary recess. This raises
serious concerns about the cure premature ejaculation extent to which Parliament will be able to
scrutinise the first decision point in the process.
The
recent report by the National Audit Office, along with oral evidence
taken from the Ministry of Defence at the House of Commons Public
Accounts Committee, raised significant questions about both the
timetable and budget (with costs vulnerable to inflation and changes in
exchange rate) for replacing Trident. At a time when the UK is facing
its worst economic crisis in decades, such questions are particularly
important.
As a result, Jeremy Corbyn MP has tabled EDM 660:
Parliamentary Scrutiny of Trident Replacement to request that the
decision is cure premature ejaculation delayed until Parliament is in session. The EDM has already
been signed by over 160 MPs.
We urge you to delay this
decision and ensure that there is a full, transparent debate in
Parliament about this extremely important issue.
Yours sincerely,
Charlotte Atkins MP David Howarth MP Gordon Prentice MP
Jeremy Corbyn MP Glenda Jackson MP Angus Robertson MP
Jim Dobbin MP Lynne Jones MP Clare Short MP
Paul Flynn MP Peter Kilfoyle MP Peter Soulsby MP
George Galloway MP John Leech MP Bob Spink MP
Neil Gerrard MP David Lepper MP Michael Weir MP
Sandra Gidley MP John Mason MP Hywel Williams MP
Patrick Hall MP John McDonnell MP Roger Williams MP
Fabian Hamilton MP Doug Naysmith MP Jennifer Willott MP
Mike Hancock MP Nick Palmer MP
Paul Holmes MP Andrew Pelling MP
- Briefing on the costs of British nuclear weapons: http://www.cnduk.org/images/stories/briefings/trident/cost_british_nweapons_07.pdf
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