Trident Renewal

Debate between Joan Ruddock and Diane Abbott

Tuesday 20th January 2015 Commons Chamber

[Dame Joan Ruddock]

The NATO ones do, but if my hon. Friend listened, he would know that I referred to 47 sovereign states, and they are not all members of NATO by any means.

[Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington) (Lab)]

My right hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. Does she appreciate that almost all my constituents and millions of Labour supporters up and down the country cannot understand why, when we are seeing massive cuts in our public sector and welfare state, we are going to spend upwards of £20 billion on a weapons system that will not make us safe and is not genuinely independent?

[Dame Joan Ruddock]

My hon. Friend makes a very good point.