Nuclear Weapons

(asked on 18th February 2019) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for his policies of the conclusions of the New Zealand Yearbook of International Law article entitled Is the UK nuclear deterrence policy lawful? Published in Vol. 11, 2013; and if he will make a statement.


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Gavin Williamson
This question was answered on 26th February 2019

I can reassure the House that the United Kingdom's nuclear deterrent is fully compliant and compatible with our international legal obligations.

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