My Lords, when the defence expenditure increase was announced, I welcomed it from these Benches. It never occurred to me that the increase in defence expenditure was in order to have more nuclear warheads. The noble Lord, Lord West, has already pointed out that this is problematic. Can the noble Baroness explain to the House how it would be in line with Article VI of the non-proliferation treaty? Surely by increasing our nuclear holdings we are not doing anything to help nuclear disarmament.
Integrated Review
Proceeding contribution from
Baroness Smith of Newnham
(Liberal Democrat)
in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 17 March 2021.
It occurred during Ministerial statement on Integrated Review.
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