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Lord Coaker (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 10 December 2025

Debate

Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference 2026

Contribution

My Lords, we will always consider any suggestions, but let me be clear: we chair the P5 as part of the NPT. We are very proud to do that. We established the process. This country has as its goal a nuclear-free world, but we also recognise today’s strategic realities, and to meet these challenges, we have to take the action that we do. We are very proud to be part of the P5 and the NPT, but we also recognise in the strategic context that we are in that the nuclear deterrent and its modernisation are essential to our security and that of the global world.

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