Results 1-8 of 8 for trident speaker:Michael Ancram
- Written Answers — Defence: Trident (20 May 2009)
Michael Ancram: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which potential aggressors he expects to be deterred by the Trident nuclear deterrent programme in 2024.
- Debate on the Address: Foreign Affairs and Defence (10 Dec 2008) has video
Michael Ancram: ...role—the role that I would like to see the British Government, and people such as him, play—in moving towards multinational disarmament while committing ourselves to renewing our Trident deterrent, not now but in 20 years' time. That gives the wrong message. As my right hon. and learned Friend knows—we have debated the matter before in the Chamber—that is why I...
- Point of Order: Trident (14 Mar 2007)
Michael Ancram: As my right hon. Friends the shadow Ministers know, and as I have indicated over the past six months, I cannot support the Government in the Division lobby tonight. The effective decision to replace Trident is premature, it has not been fully considered, and it is not justified. The debate is not about being for or against nuclear weapons. I was strongly supportive of Trident and our other...
- Written Answers — Defence: Trident (12 Dec 2006)
Michael Ancram: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 4 December 2006, Official Report, column 87W, on Trident, where in the Prime Minister's statement of 4 December the information requested in Question 106409 may be found.
- Written Answers — Defence: Trident (12 Dec 2006)
Michael Ancram: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 4 December 2006, Official Report, column 87W, on Trident, where in the Prime Minister's statement of 4 December the information requested in Question 106408 may be found.
- Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Trident (11 Dec 2006)
Michael Ancram: ...systems of deterrence, whether nuclear or non-nuclear, did the Secretary of State and his Department consider before advising the Government to commit themselves to the next generation of Trident?
- Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Trident (4 Dec 2006)
Michael Ancram: The credibility of Trident in the previous century depended on the belief that we would be prepared to use it if necessary against an overwhelming enemy. Are we seriously to believe that we would ever use that most potent nuclear weapon against the rogue states or terrorist organisations that are the enemies of today and likely to be the enemies of tomorrow? Why will the Prime Minister not at...
- Written Answers — Defence: Trident (4 Dec 2006)
Michael Ancram: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what options for the replacement of the Trident nuclear deterrent have been considered by his Department in the preparation of the forthcoming White Paper; (2) what research (a) is being carried out and (b) has been commissioned by his Department into non-nuclear alternatives to the Trident nuclear deterrent.