The Scottish government has set up an expert group to investigate how best to get rid of nuclear weapons, the Sunday Herald can reveal. The group, to be chaired by Bruce Crawford MSP, the minister for parliamentary business, is seen by many as a crucial step towards making Scotland a nuclear-free nation – and could trigger a confrontation with Westminster.
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Hansard on Iran’s Nuclear programme
13 Dec 2007 : Column 829W
Iran: Nuclear Weapons
Mr. Hague: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what decisions were taken at the meeting of E3+3 Political Directors in Paris on 1 December about the next stage in discussions with Iran over its nuclear programme; and when the next meeting between Javier Solana and Saeed Jalili is expected. [172792]
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Hansard March/April, NPT and AWE
Hansard entries 29th March to 24th April
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Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty**Alan Simpson: *To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and
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Hansard on NPT January – March 2007
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Nuclear Disarmament**Nick Harvey:* To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the 13 practical steps toward nuclear disarmament referred to on page 13 of the White Paper CM6994, in respect of which of these steps progress has been made; and if he will make a statement. [108787]
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Hansard on Trident January – March 2007
25.01.07 – 06.03.07, Hansard – Written Answers to Questions, 22 Jan 2007 : Column 1555W Trident
Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence in which year he expects that the Trident nuclear capability would, if not upgraded, become obsolete. [116808] -
DEFENCE SELECT COMMITTEE INQUIRY INTO THE WHITE PAPER ON THE FUTURE OF THE UK
Submissions are invited by the Committee to reach them by Thursday 18th January 2007.
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October 2006
The Future of the Strategic Nuclear Deterrent: the UK manufacturing and skills base
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Plan to cut nuclear stockpile ‘a hollow gesture’
Plan to cut nuclear stockpile ‘a hollow gesture’
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AWE Laser Could take on US Warhead Design and Testing
Was a USA Aldermaston planned in 1993? Tri Valley Cares, the anti-nuclear NGO local to Lawrence Livermore Laboratories site in California has been opposing the National Ignition Facility since 1994. Given the lead time for such projects, we can assume that the original design and plans have now been overtaken by new science. Originally priced at million, the 192-beam NIF mega-laser will cost in the region of billion to build. With operating costs factored in over its projected lifetime, it could cost over billion.
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Defence Select Committee hearings
Are nuclear weapons an insurance policy?
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EDMS: Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty & NPT
EDM 641 COMPREHENSIVE TEST BAN TREATY (02.02.05)
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Josef Rotblat- 1908-2005
a tribute by Andy Oppenheimer
Professor Josef Rotblat, the renowned physicist who co-founded the Pugwash Movement, has died in London aged 96..
He will be remembered primarily for being the only scientist to leave the Manhattan Project before its deadly culmination. . -
Manifesto for a nuclear disarmament agenda
The Nuclear Information Service calls upon the next British Government to: