TRIDENT REPLACEMENT

Motion Text

That this House notes the findings of the National Security Strategy that a nuclear weapon threat from another state is oflow likelihood; further notes a procurement costof 25 billion and an estimated lifetime cost of over 100 billion for the replacement of the Trident nuclear weapon system; believes that there are greater spending priorities both at the Ministry of Defence and acrossother departments; and urges the Government to cancel plans to replace Trident.