What the SNP wants is to be a member of NATO and for NATO to be nuclear-free. That would be the best solution. There is a choice between investing in Trident and extra investment in conventional arms, because the reality is that no conventional surface warships are based in Scotland. We heard about the Falklands earlier, but there are no warships in the Falklands. We are not taking up the responsibilities that we should be. Should we not fix that rather than waste £200 billion on weapons of mass destruction?
UK's Nuclear Deterrent
Proceeding contribution from
Ian Blackford
(Scottish National Party)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 18 July 2016.
It occurred during Debate on UK's Nuclear Deterrent.
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2016-17
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