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	date	17/03/2021
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Trident Missiles
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of lifting the cap on the number of Trident nuclear warheads the UK can stockpile on nuclear non-proliferation.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer
	uin	HL14329
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2021 answer text <p>The fundamental purpose of the UK's nuclear deterrent remains to deter other states' use of nuclear weapons. We would never encourage others to develop nuclear weapons in breach of their NPT obligations. We remain committed to multilateral disarmament and our shared long-term goal of a world without nuclear weapons.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 30/03/2021 13:33:53 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	1934 label Biography information for Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer

1303630

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2021
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Trident Missiles
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of lifting the cap on the number of Trident nuclear warheads the UK can stockpile on negotiations at the next Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer
	uin	HL14331
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2021 answer text <p>The UK will continue to work for a successful NPT Review Conference that continues to lay the groundwork and helps build the trust and confidence necessary for multilateral disarmament, as well as strengthening the non-proliferation and peaceful uses pillars of the Treaty. We will continue to play a leading role in developing nuclear disarmament verification, on which our ability to achieve and maintain a world without nuclear weapons will depend. We will also continue to build trust and confidence amongst nuclear weapon states, and between nuclear weapon states and non-nuclear weapon states.</p><p>As coordinator of the P5 Process in 2019 and 2020, we pushed forward work on transparency, leading the way with our consultation exercise on the UK's national implementation report that has now been taken up by others, and securing agreement to a presentation by the nuclear weapon states of their national nuclear doctrines at the Review Conference. We look forward to continuing these discussions and picking up other important issues such as strategic risk reduction.</p><p>As we approach the NPT Review Conference, we will continue to demonstrate our commitment to all pillars of the NPT, including disarmament.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 30/03/2021 13:36:00 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	1934 label Biography information for Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer