Results 1-20 of 90 for trident speaker:Jeremy Corbyn

Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (11 Nov 2009)

Jeremy Corbyn: ...be well aware of the strength of parliamentary feeling concerning nuclear weapons and the strength of feeling in our own party, but also of the strength of feeling concerning the whole programme of Trident replacement, the vote that took place in the House on replacement of the submarine system, the initial gate decision that has to be taken and the final decisions, which I assume will be...

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Nuclear Deterrent (13 Jul 2009) has video

Jeremy Corbyn: Does the Secretary of State think it a good idea to commit ourselves to expenditure, during the lifetime of a new Trident, of £76 billion, ahead of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty review conference next year and in the face of a declared aspiration by President Obama, which is shared by the Government, of a nuclear-free world? Would not a better contribution be not replacing Trident?

Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: Building Britain's Future (29 Jun 2009) has video

Jeremy Corbyn: Does the Prime Minister accept that cancelling the Trident renewal programme would save a great deal of money, make the world a safer place and give us the moral authority to encourage wider nuclear demilitarisation all over the world?

Written Answers — Defence: Trident (22 Jun 2009)

Jeremy Corbyn: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he expects to place before Parliament proposals for Initial Gate approval for the programme to replace the UK's Trident nuclear weapons system.

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Trident (30 Mar 2009) has video

Jeremy Corbyn: What his most recent estimate is of the cost of the replacement of the Trident nuclear warhead system.

Debate on the Address: Foreign Affairs and Defence (10 Dec 2008) has video

Jeremy Corbyn: ...the demilitarisation of nuclear weapons around the world. It would also help us. I agree with the hon. Member for Kingston and Surbiton (Mr. Davey) that if we were not planning an expansion of the Trident nuclear missile fleet and the weaponry that goes with it through the work that is going on at Aldermaston, we would have a much stronger moral voice within the NPT and nuclear...

Atomic Weapons Establishment Aldermaston (26 Mar 2008)

Jeremy Corbyn: ...for AWEs between the financial years 2008-09 and 2010-11 amounts to £2.65 billion: £800 million in the forthcoming year, rising to £900 million and then £950 million. Over those three years, the Trident replacement programme will add up to another £900 million and other expenditure a further £2 billion, leading to a total expenditure on nuclear weapons of...

Written Answers — Defence: Departments: Public Expenditure (30 Oct 2007)

Jeremy Corbyn: ...£2.7 billion funding for defence programmes to 2010-11 announced at page 231, Annex D8 of the Comprehensive Spending Review, Cm 7227, is earmarked for the progress work on the renewal of (a) the Trident nuclear launch platform and (b) sustaining the capabilities of AWE Aldermaston nuclear warhead design and development work.

Written Answers — Defence: Trident (29 Oct 2007)

Jeremy Corbyn: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Meirionnydd Nant Conwy (Mr. Llwyd) of 26 July 2007, Official Report, column 1252W, on Trident, how often in each year he expects to present to Parliament interim reports on meeting progress targets in the programme development before the Initial Gate of the replacement for Trident; whether he plans to...

[Miss Anne Begg in the Chair] — Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (24 Jul 2007)

Jeremy Corbyn: ...will give some good news on their future strategy towards non-proliferation. I congratulate the Minister on her appointment and welcome her to the debate. On 14 March, the House voted on the Trident issue after a long debate. An unprecedented number of Labour Members voted against a renewal of the Trident nuclear submarine system. That reflected public opinion and the views of the large...

[Miss Anne Begg in the Chair] — Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (24 Jul 2007)

Jeremy Corbyn: ...to nuclear weapons. However, that does not stop us spending vast amounts of money on our existing nuclear weapons, the development of the Aldermaston facilities and the putative replacement of the Trident system, which could cost as much as £70 billion. That was one of the big issues—it was not the only one—in the debate on 14 March. I hope that the Government will...

Written Answers — Defence: Trident (8 May 2007)

Jeremy Corbyn: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence for what reasons the Government agreed to participation in the life extension work on the Trident D5 missile in the Prime Minister's exchange of letters with the President of the United States in December 2005.

Business of the House (19 Apr 2007)

Jeremy Corbyn: The Leader of the House will recall that last month we had a good debate in the House on nuclear disarmament and the replacement of the Trident system. Before next week's debate on defence, will he make sure that the Secretary of State for Defence can set out what the Government's position will be at the non-proliferation treaty review committee preparation meeting in Vienna, which is due to...

Point of Order: Trident (14 Mar 2007)

Jeremy Corbyn: .... They have been used only once in aggressive wartime—in Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan in 1945. Last month, we had a large demonstration in Trafalgar square against the replacement of Trident nuclear missiles. We had a video link-up with the mayor of Hiroshima, who pleaded with us to do everything that we could not to develop a new generation of nuclear missiles in this country,...

Points of Order: Defence in the World (1 Feb 2007)

Jeremy Corbyn: I thank the Secretary of State for giving way, and I realise that he has a problem with time, but will he be able to say something about his Department's plans to replace the Trident nuclear submarine system and the associated costs? When will a decision be taken?

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Nuclear Weapons (15 Jan 2007)

Jeremy Corbyn: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what (a) foreign policy and (b) diplomatic considerations support the Government's decision to commence the replacement of the Trident nuclear weapons system in 2006; and if she will make a statement.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Nuclear Weapons (15 Jan 2007)

Jeremy Corbyn: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what advice she has received from her officials supporting the view that it is necessary to make a decision on Trident replacement in 2006; and if she will make a statement.

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Trident (11 Dec 2006)

Jeremy Corbyn: By what means he will evaluate public responses to the White Paper on the future of Trident.

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Trident (11 Dec 2006)

Jeremy Corbyn: Will the Secretary of State tell us by what means he intends the public to be informed about the legality, cost and operating costs of the Trident replacement? If there is huge public opposition to the expenditure and the proposal, how will he take that into account in any proposals that the Government introduce, and when does he expect his Department to bring the subject back before the House?

Orders of the Day: Foreign Affairs and Defence (22 Nov 2006)

Jeremy Corbyn: ...it were a Green Paper—will come out, and if he will produce a response to the white paper produced yesterday by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, "Safer Britain, Safer World: The decision not to replace Trident nuclear missiles". We are in danger in the 21st century of sleepwalking into one war after another, led largely by the United States, but also by our own increasingly...