Results 1-20 of 21 for trident speaker:Alan Simpson

Members' Allowances (30 Apr 2009) has video

Alan Simpson: ...hon. Members accept that that implies no particular relationship between the Home Secretary and me. The bath plug did not vote to take us into an illegal war on Iraq; it would not vote to renew Trident; it did not introduce tuition fees; it would not privatise the Post Office, and it would not turn its back on climate change. Parliament addresses those issues, and to defend Parliament we,...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation — Amendment of the law (22 Apr 2009)

Alan Simpson: ...that I would support those hon. Members who would willingly vote—on a pragmatic as well as a principled basis—to abandon the commitments to the introduction of ID cards, which would save £12 billion, and the Trident renewal programme, which would save £75 billion in lifetime costs. There are much better uses for those resources, which the nation now needs to mobilise...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (29 Mar 2007)

Alan Simpson: ...6 March 2007, Official Report, column 1843W, on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, whether any informal representations have been made (a) directly and (b) indirectly to the UK Government on Trident and the UK's compliance with its obligations under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (6 Mar 2007)

Alan Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if she will seek legal opinion on whether the proposals to replace the Trident nuclear weapons system is compatible with article 1 of the 1970 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Nuclear Weapons (5 Feb 2007)

Alan Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment she has made of the implications of the UK's plans for the replacement of Trident for the negotiations under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty on nuclear disarmament.

Written Answers — Defence: Trident (22 Jan 2007)

Alan Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what technical steps need to be taken by United States personnel prior to the UK being able to fire a Trident missile at an independently identified target.

Budget Resolutions — Amendment of the Law (22 Mar 2006)

Alan Simpson: ...part, a responsibility for the Chancellor and the Government. The cost of full repayment is put at £15 billion over 60 years, but the House will soon be asked to make a decision about renewing the Trident nuclear weapons system at a similar cost. I would much prefer the money to be used to redress the difficulties faced by people whose pensions have been nuked rather than to pay for a...

Written Answers — Defence: Nuclear Weapons (15 Jul 2003)

Mr Alan Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the (a) strategic and (b) sub-strategic roles of Trident missiles.

Written Answers — Defence: Nuclear Weapons (15 Jul 2003)

Mr Alan Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to his answer of 12 June 2003, Official Report, column 1019W, on nuclear weapons, what assessment he has made of when a successor to Trident will be necessary; and what consultation would be undertaken in advance of a decision that a replacement for Trident was necessary.

Written Answers — Defence: Nuclear Weapons (12 Jun 2003)

Mr Alan Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what discussions the Government have had on the possibility of a follow-on to the Trident nuclear weapon (a) delivery system and (b) warhead.

Written Answers — Defence: Trident (24 Jan 2002)

Mr Alan Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the studies sponsored by his Department in each of the last three years concerning future options for Trident.

Written Answers — Defence: US Trident Submarines (18 Jan 2002)

Mr Alan Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what discussions his Department has had with its counterparts in Washington concerning US plans to convert two of its fleet of Trident submarines to conventional use.

Orders of the Day — Terrorism Bill: Terrorism: Interpretation (15 Mar 2000)

Mr Alan Simpson: ...activities at Greenham common and those of the women at Menwith Hill, who regularly take down the fencing at the American spy base. They would include the activities of the women involved in the Trident Ploughshares campaign and those who broke in and damaged the Hawk aircraft. They would include the activities of animal rights protesters, activists who knowingly destroy fields of...

Orders of the Day — Terrorism Bill (14 Dec 1999)

Mr Alan Simpson: My hon. Friend raises an important point. The actions taken by the women in Trident Ploughshares 2000 were dealt with very differently in Scotland and in England. In Scotland, the sheriff acquitted them; in England, they were found guilty. However, in both cases they were tried under criminal law, not under the terrorism Acts. It is crucial for us to declare, at this stage, that such issues...

Royal Navy (1 Feb 1996)

Mr Alan Simpson: Before the Minister began to talk about conventional missiles, I intended to tell him that I was pleased that he was able to experience the launch of a trial Trident missile. However, has he visited Hiroshima or Nagasaki to see what it is like to be on the receiving end of such a missile? Would he be willing to take responsibility for the scale of human destruction that follows the decision...

Orders of the Day — Defence (17 Oct 1995)

Mr Alan Simpson: ..., said that it was fairly clear that we were "over-egging the pudding" in relation to the arguments in favour of nuclear weapons. He went on to argue that the cost of operating and refitting the Trident submarine would be between £40 billion and £50 billion during its lifetime, and that we could save £10 billion by not ordering the final Trident submarine—or the whole...

Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (3 May 1995)

Mr Alan Simpson: ...in the negotiations in which we seek to deny or dismiss the criticisms specifically levelled at the United Kingdom. In the non-nuclear world, it is readily understood that the acquisition of Trident is an act of proliferation; that reprocessing, whether of the WE177 warheads or of civil plutonium, is proliferation by stealth; and that the 1977 treaty on nuclear safeguards, to which my hon....

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

Mr Alan Simpson: ...involves any financial commitment by the UK or entails any obligation to purchase goods or services from the United States. The servicing, maintenance, operation and decommissioning costs of the Trident programme are determined by separate agreements. Strictly speaking, it may be accurate to describe the situation that way, but it is also economical with the truth. The way in which the...

Business of the House (1 Dec 1994)

Mr Alan Simpson: ...an objection is raised in the House, the extension will saddle the British public with a bill of some £20 billion, covering the servicing, maintenance, operation and decommissioning costs of the Trident programme? Does he therefore accept that some hon. Members object to that going through and will call for a debate to be held within the next parliamentary week to discuss whether the...

Orders of the Day — Defence Estimates: Second Day (18 Oct 1994)

Mr Alan Simpson: .... In one sweep over the summer, the £750 million savings—or cuts—incorporated in "Front Line First" were swept aside by the quiet announcement of an £800 million overspend of the Trident programme. If the Trident programme has one virtue—this is probably its only virtue—it is that it is the one programme which makes the channel tunnel look on time and...