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Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (GP)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 25 November 2024

Debate

Defence Programmes Developments

Contribution

My Lords, the Statement says that “difficult decisions” are required. Should those difficult decisions—or at least, difficult considerations—not include giving serious consideration as to whether we should continue a nuclear weapons programme? Philip Stephens, a contributing editor at the Financial Times wrote in a piece this week that the defence review, as currently constituted, is “a necessary start, but an inadequate one” to considering our defence policy. Stephens says in that article: “A brave government would also ask whether it is wise to spend so many billions on a nuclear system maintained by the US”. Is this a brave Government?

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