Results 1-20 of 56 for trident speaker:Menzies Campbell

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (14 Mar 2007)

Menzies Campbell: The Prime Minister surely accepts that a hasty decision to replace Trident is bound to undermine our ability to have influence at the conference in 2010. Should we not now be offering to reduce the number of warheads on Trident in order to give a lead to others?

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Trident (4 Dec 2006)

Menzies Campbell: As the Prime Minister and the White Paper both make clear, a decision to replace Trident is a significant decision, with enormous financial, political and security implications. To be properly made, that decision must take account of the strategic environment or threat assessment, of cost and of our treaty obligations. The Prime Minister says that the decision is a matter of judgment, and he...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (22 Nov 2006)

Menzies Campbell: Can the Prime Minister confirm that the White Paper on nuclear deterrence and the future of Trident will definitely be published before the end of the year?

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (22 Nov 2006)

Menzies Campbell: Can the Prime Minister also confirm that the House of Commons will be given the opportunity to vote on the options available, not just the principle? On an issue as significant as the future of Trident, should not the whole House of Commons determine Britain's future?

Written Answers — Defence: Nuclear Deterrent (9 Nov 2005)

Menzies Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursaunt to the answer of 20 October 2005, Official Report, column 1217W, on Trident, whether he expects to take the decision on the replacement of Trident within the next six months; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Defence: Nuclear Deterrent (20 Jun 2005)

Menzies Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what preparatory work has begun on a replacement for Trident; what the cost of that work has been; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Defence: Nuclear Deterrent (16 Jun 2005)

Menzies Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when a decision will be taken on the replacement of Trident; and if he will make a statement.

Foreign Affairs and Defence (18 May 2005)

Menzies Campbell: The Secretary of State will remember, as I do, endless debates provoked by the then Conservative Government in an attempt to embarrass the Labour Opposition about whether the fourth Trident submarine should be constructed at Barrow-in-Furness. Those debates were, frankly, hopeless as a basis for discussing nuclear policy. He knows, too, that nuclear policy is arcane and sometimes pretty...

European Affairs (15 Dec 2004)

Mr Menzies Campbell: Before the Government came to power, I was one of those who supported the reduction in warheads on the Trident system. The Government implemented that quickly and got rid of the freefall bombs—the WE177s—and several other systems. In that regard, the Government have acted properly, but I am not sure that that will be enough to satisfy many of those who attend the NPT review...

Written Answers — Defence: Nuclear Weapons (22 Apr 2002)

Mr Menzies Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is the maximum number of warheads loaded on to the individual Trident D5 missiles currently deployed; and what is the maximum number of warheads that could be deployed on each of the United Kingdom's Trident D5 missiles.

Estimates Day: Foreign and Commonwealth Office (15 Mar 2001)

Mr Menzies Campbell: ...because the then Conservative Government were attempting to embarrass the Labour Opposition the question, which now seems less relevant than it was then, of whether Labour would build the fourth Trident submarine. We had such debates Friday after Friday. Not much light, but a certain amount of heat was generated. The important point—which is important as a response to the...

Defence and the Armed Forces (1 Nov 2000)

Mr Menzies Campbell: ...that submarine class is still an embarrassment, in the sense that only one of 12 hunter-killer submarines can be deployed, and that must inevitably raise questions about the necessary support for Trident; and about the extent to which we could, in an emergency, utilise the deterrent effect of the deployment of a submarine, and also the use of submarines for clandestine or covert operations...

Orders of the Day — Foreign Affairs and Defence (27 Nov 1998)

Mr Menzies Campbell: ...nuclear weapons globally, with the ultimate goal of eliminating them. That is the objective. This is an area in which the United Kingdom could take a lead, both moral and pragmatic. Limiting the Trident system to the Polaris warhead levels is a start, as was the signature of the comprehensive test ban treaty. We heartily approve.

Orders of the Day — Strategic Defence Review (19 Oct 1998)

Mr Menzies Campbell: ...that is bound to embrace a much-reduced reliance on nuclear weapons. The Government have made some welcome but minor changes in the United Kingdom's nuclear posture. We welcome the restriction on Trident to Polaris levels—first called for, if I may say so, by Liberal Democrat Members, but the Government can do more: they can abandon the Moscow criterion, which says that we can...

Strategic Defence Review (8 Jul 1998)

Mr Menzies Campbell: ...ground that the reductions are not as severe as was originally feared. I welcome the premium to be placed on flexibility, mobility and rapid deployment, the decision to restrict the number of Trident warheads, the confirmation of the commitment to Eurofighter and the emphasis on joint operations and planning. Will the Secretary of State explain why the White Paper of a Government who,...

Nuclear Tests (South Asia) (1 Jun 1998)

Mr Menzies Campbell: ...ban treaty, should we not demonstrate some restraint ourselves? In that respect, will the right hon. Gentleman now confirm his Government's manifesto commitment to deploy no more warheads on the Trident nuclear missile system than there are on the Polaris system it replaces?

India (Nuclear Tests) (14 May 1998)

Mr Menzies Campbell: ...requires us to seek general nuclear disarmament? To show willingness to fulfil those obligations, will the Foreign Secretary confirm Labour's manifesto commitment to deploy no more warheads on the Trident system than there were on the Polaris system that it has replaced?

Defence Policy (27 Oct 1997)

Mr Menzies Campbell: ...that to be the stance of the Conservative Front Bench. If it has changed its position, it will no doubt explain that to the House and the country. Secondly, the Government are committed to a four-boat Trident force. Thirdly, it is clear to anyone who pays any regard to these matters that there is no possibility of increased defence expenditure in the United Kingdom in real terms in the...

Defence Policy (27 Oct 1997)

Mr Menzies Campbell: ...of the UK and of others, and they could all be effected without any prejudice to the deterrent's independence or to its effectiveness in the purpose for which it has been conceived. The fourth Trident submarine should not be cancelled. The financial savings from doing so would be relatively limited. Indeed, one could argue that a three-boat fleet would increase the risk of having to make...

Orders of the Day — Foreign Affairs and Defence (16 Nov 1995)

Mr Menzies Campbell: ...countries have a unique relationship in some respects, particularly in relation to the transfer of missile technology. The United Kingdom is the only country to which the United States supplies the Trident weapons system and it is the only country to which the United States is willing to sell the Tomahawk cruise missile. However, we must remember that opinion in the United States about...