No Trident Replacement

Join the Big Trident Debate

A broad coalition of individuals and organisations has launched a campaign to secure a full public and parliamentary debate on the replacement of Britain's nuclear weapons system. The website www.bigtridentdebate.org.uk contains a statement calling for a full debate which individuals and organisations are encouraged to sign. Join the debate!

A June 2006 ICM poll shows that 81% of the British public believe that a decision on Trident replacement should be made by a vote in Parliament, not by the Prime Minister alone.

CND encourages you to contact Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett, encouraging her to initiate and facilitate the public and parliamentary debate on Trident Replacement.

Please ask your MP to sign EDMs 2702 and 2703, which call for a full debate on the issue of Trident replacement.

A July 2006 ICM poll shows that opposition to Trident Replacement has increased from 54% last autumn to 59%.

The results were based on CND asking an identical question to that asked by Greenpeace last September.

The petition was handed in to 10 Downing Street on 4th August, just before the 61st anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Over 53,000 signatures were handed in by CND Chair Kate Hudson, Vice-Presidents Bruce Kent, Air-Commodore Alistair Mackie, Canon Paul Oestreicher and Walter Wolfgang and Labour CND Secretary Carol Turner. It was Walter Wolfgang’s first act following his election to the Labour Party National Executive Committee the day before. Click here for pictures.

CND welcomes the vote at the Trades Union Congress conference which strongly opposes a replacement for Trident, Britain’s nuclear weapons system. Click here for CND's press release on this significant achievement for the nuclear disarmament movement.

On 20th July the Leader of the House of Commons Jack Straw announced “we should involve the House fully in a decision as important as the renewal of our nuclear deterrent and in practical terms it is inevitable that there will therefore be a chance for the House to express its view on that important matter in a vote.”

This was following CND’s demands for a deciding vote for MPs and significant support for EDM 1197. CND is now demanding a full consultative Green Paper, followed by a White Paper and then a full debate and vote.

Ask your MP to sign EDM 2575 proposed by Jeremy Corbyn MP