Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 28880

Nuclear Weapons: Research

Tabled: 5 February 2025
Answered: 17 February 2025
Named Day

Question

Jeremy Corbyn

Your PartyIslington North

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what research his Department has undertaken on the consequences of nuclear war since the signature of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons in 1968.

Answer

Stephen Doughty
The devastation that would be caused by nuclear war has been long understood and was written into the preamble of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) in 1968. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office's focus since then has therefore been on upholdi...

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