Results 1-10 of 10 for trident speaker:Bob Spink

Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (11 Nov 2009)

Bob Spink: ...is making quite a bit of sense—we do not always agree—but he is speaking generally. May I press him to be specific? Does he, like me, believe that Britain's rush towards replacing Trident is inconsistent with the NPT, which we signed in 1970?

Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (11 Nov 2009)

Bob Spink: .... The debate is timely. I am sure that he will not mention my contribution in the magazine Red Pepper several years ago to this debate, in which I called for the Government not to go ahead with Trident, but we all share in his welcome for President Obama's shift in policy. Does the hon. Gentleman not feel that at a time when the British public look with consternation at the fact that our...

Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: Defence Acquisition (Independent Review) (19 Oct 2009) has video

Bob Spink: ...and military requirements, there will always be cost and delivery overruns, whatever Government are in control—it is not a political issue but just a matter of fact. We know that the Trident project is already unaffordable; in the light of the Gray report, will the Secretary of State now abandon it?

Written Answers — Defence: Trident (8 Jun 2009)

Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will ensure that Initial Gate decisions on the Trident replacement programme are not announced during the 2009 summer adjournment.

[Joan Walley in the Chair] — Iran (4 Mar 2009)

Bob Spink: ...He will know that Iran's uranium enrichment programme could eventually lead to nuclear weapons. Does he think that if this country, given its long-term non-proliferation objectives, were to put the Trident decision on hold, such a gesture would help Iran to further its future objectives on the weaponisation of its uranium?

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

Bob Spink: If replacing Trident will not increase our capability, why are we doing it?

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

Bob Spink: ...were railroaded when the issue was discussed this spring. Of course, the Government have a grave duty to maintain security, but the burning question is whether their, and indeed the Opposition's, strident push for even more destructive nuclear weapons platforms and capabilities would provide that security or facilitate less stable countries—some with desperate and dangerous...

Written Answers — Prime Minister: US-UK Mutual Defence Agreement (26 Jan 2007)

Bob Spink: To ask the Prime Minister what advice he has received on renewing Trident; from whom he has received advice; and if he will place copies of the advice in the Library.

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Trident (2 May 1995)

Dr Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of whether the current ceiling of warheads per Trident submarine meets the United Kingdom's minimum deterrent needs. [20088]

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Trident (2 May 1995)

Dr Bob Spink: I thank my right hon. and learned Friend for that answer. Will he do some lateral thinking and tell us the implications if Britain announced that it would deploy no more warheads on Trident than it deploys on Polaris, as the hon. Member for Livingston (Mr. Cook) advocated in the New Statesman this month?