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Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (27 Nov 1996)

Mr David Davis: ...and land-based systems have been completely removed from operation. In due course, we shall be down to a single system, the absolute minimum deterrent that it is possible for us to have—the Trident system. Any comprehensive test ban treaty should take on board every country that is capable of testing a nuclear weapon, and India is the one country in that category which has refused to...

Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (3 May 1995)

Mr David Davis: ...magnitude in other types of weaponry, the world might be much safer and its peoples less vulnerable to regional strife. It is no good the Opposition harping on about the replacement of Polaris by Trident. What matters is total capability.

Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (29 Mar 1995)

Mr David Davis: ...to be a minimal level. That has involved halving free-fall weapons, the complete non-deployment of surface maritime weapons, and a self-imposed restriction on the number of missile warheads used on Trident. That is a reduction of some 25 per cent. in explosive power, which is what we consider a minimum level of deterrence—[Interruption.] I see that the hon. Member for Stockton, North...

Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (29 Mar 1995)

Mr David Davis: My hon. Friend is right. The collapse of the Soviet Union has led to information being available that shows that our stance on cruise missiles and Trident, contrary to the Labour partys view throughout the 1980s, was one factor that led to the Soviet Unions collapse and the end of the cold war.

Orders of the Day — Consolidated Fund Bill: Anglo-American Mutual Defence Agreement (15 Dec 1994)

Mr David Davis: ..., unless ratification were stopped, the Government would be committed to a bill of some £20 billion to the United States for the servicing, maintenance, operation and decommissioning costs of the Trident programme. I am afraid that the hon. Gentleman is misinformed on that point. As my right hon. Friend the Leader of the House has since informed the hon. Gentleman, neither the 1958...

Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Nuclear Non-proliferation (14 Dec 1994)

Mr David Davis: ...treaty as it now stands. This country has done away with maritime tactical nuclear weapons. It has reduced the number of nuclear bombs carried by aircraft, and the nuclear power of the Trident programme is broadly similar to that of its predecessor, the Polaris programme. The net effect of all that is a 25 per cent. reduction in the nuclear power that this country wields.