UK NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND THE NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY

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That this House notes the view of the Government that the UK needs to continue to have an independent nuclear deterrent while the world remains a dangerous place; further notes that under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty the UK is committed to close down its nuclear deterrent capability in the context of general and complete disarmament; further notes the importance attached by the UN General Secretary Ban Ki-Moon to a successful Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Conference in May 2010 in achieving a world free of nuclear weapons; and therefore calls on the Government to ensure the United Kingdom's nuclear weapons of mass destruction capability is entered into nuclear disarmament negotiations forthwith.