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1002240

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Nuclear Weapons
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they consider that rules introduced by Additional Protocol 1 to the Geneva Convention of 12 August 1949 apply only to conventional weapons, without prejudice to any other rules of international law applicable to other types of weapons, and in particular do not regulate or prohibit the use of nuclear weapons.
tabling member printed	Lord Judd
uin	HL11261
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>​The position of the United Kingdom remains that the rules introduced by the Protocol apply exclusively to conventional weapons without prejudice to any other rules of international law applicable to other types of weapons. In particular, the rules so introduced do not have any effect on and do not regulate or prohibit the use of nuclear weapons.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 15/11/2018 12:10:39 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	1660 label Biography information for Lord Judd

909634

registered interest
date	22/05/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Nuclear Weapons
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 short and long-term consequences for the UK and Europe of any collapse of the 1987 US–Russian Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty; and what consultation they have had with other European governments to seek to avert such an eventuality and to mitigate its implications.
tabling member printed	Lord Judd
uin	HL8129
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2018 answer text <p>The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty has made a valuable contribution to Euro-Atlantic security for over 30 years. The Treaty eliminates Russian and US ground-launched missiles with ranges from 500 km to 5,500 km. Neither the US nor Russia has said that they wish to denounce the Treaty, or what they would do if it were no longer in force. We welcome efforts by the US and other NATO Allies to preserve the Treaty.</p><p>We have discussed the Treaty with our NATO Allies on many occasions at both Ministerial and official level. The Treaty remains important for security in Europe. NATO has urged Russia to resolve serious concerns about its compliance with the Treaty. NATO remains the world's largest military alliance, and we remain completely confident in its ability to deter and defend against, all threats.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 05/06/2018 16:21:56 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	1660 label Biography information for Lord Judd

890724

registered interest
date	24/04/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Nuclear Weapons
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their response to Leading by Example: Reforming UK Nuclear Declaratory Policy, the briefing by the British American Security Information Council, and, in particular, its recommendation that the UK should maintain its lead role in multilateral disarmament by (1) explicitly declaring that UK nuclear weapons are only there to deter nuclear use or blackmail when the survival of the UK is in question, (2) strengthening the UK's negative security assurances to non-nuclear states, (3) committing never to use nuclear weapons first, and (4) clarifying that the UK's nuclear weapons are weapons of last resort, and what is meant by that.
tabling member printed	Lord Judd
uin	HL7244
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2018 answer text <p>The UK's independent nuclear deterrent remains essential for our security. But we are committed to maintaining the minimum amount of destructive power needed to deter any aggressor. We also have a strong track record on nuclear disarmament, reducing our nuclear forces by over half since the Cold War peak in the late 1970s. We intend to maintain a leading role in multilateral disarmament efforts; unilateral disarmament would undermine our security and not make the world a safer place. We regret that Russia is making a number of destabilising nuclear and missile investments and undermining existing arms control Treaties, and DPRK is developing its illegal nuclear programme in violation of UN Security Council Resolutions; this makes progress more difficult. We are fully committed to ensuring that the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) remains the cornerstone of international efforts to achieve our long term goal of a world without nuclear weapons.</p><p>Our policy remains as set out in the 2015 Strategic Defence &amp; Security Review. This said, &quot;We would use our nuclear weapons only in extreme circumstances of self-defence, including the defence of our NATO Allies. While our resolve and capability to do so if necessary is beyond doubt, we will remain deliberately ambiguous about precisely when, how and at what scale we would contemplate their use, in order not to simplify the calculations of any potential aggressor&quot;. The Review also said that &quot;The UK will not use or threaten to use, nuclear weapons against any Non-Nuclear Weapons State Party to the Treaty of the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). This assurance does not apply to any state in material breach of those non-proliferation obligations.&quot; We will continue to keep our nuclear posture under review in the light of the international security environment and the actions of potential adversaries.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 10/05/2018 16:45:03 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	1660 label Biography information for Lord Judd

872367

registered interest
date	26/03/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Nuclear Weapons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 13 March 2018 to Question 131668, on Nuclear Weapons, when (a) Ministers and (b) seniors officials last raised nuclear and missile issues with members of the Russian Government; and what the outcome of those discussions was.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	134281
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2018 answer text <p>​The Government has had a number of exchanges with Russia on nuclear and missile issues over recent months. For instance, senior officials from the UK, US, Russia, China and France – the P5 – met in October 2017 as part of a continuing dialogue on strategic stability and nuclear doctrines.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 03/04/2018 10:39:03 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

857767

registered interest
date	08/03/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Nuclear Weapons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has held discussions with his Russian counterpart on that country’s development of new nuclear weapons; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	131668
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p><em>Ministers and senior officials have raised nuclear and missile issues with members of the Russian government on a number of occasions. </em><em>We regret </em><em>President Putin's</em><em> decision to develop </em><em>these</em><em> n</em><em>ew</em><em> systems rather than working towards strategic stability</em><em>. We remain completely confident in NATO's ability to deter nuclear and missile threats from Russia. </em></p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 13/03/2018 17:18:18 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

789060

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Nuclear Weapons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made any representations to the recent International Symposium on Nuclear Weapons at the Vatican.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North East
tabling member printed	Fabian Hamilton
uin	112919
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2017 answer text <p>The UK was represented by our Embassy to the Holy See at the recent International Symposium on “Prospects for a World Free from Nuclear Weapons and for Integral Disarmament” at the Vatican. As a responsible nuclear weapons state, we are committed to the long-term goal of a world without nuclear weapons, and will continue to work with our international partners to tackle proliferation and to make progress on nuclear disarmament.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 22/11/2017 15:44:37 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	415 label Biography information for Fabian Hamilton

711597

registered interest
date	15/03/2017
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Nuclear Weapons
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what conclusions they drew following their attendance at the 2014 Vienna conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons.
tabling member printed	Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer
uin	HL6103
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2017 answer text <p>The 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review sets out the Government's approach towards our independent nuclear deterrent. As a responsible nuclear weapons state we are committed to the long-term goal of a world without nuclear weapons and will work with our international partners to tackle proliferation and to make progress on nuclear disarmament.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 29/03/2017 15:08:20 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	1934 label Biography information for Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer

517454

registered interest
date	04/05/2016
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Nuclear Weapons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in (a) other NATO member states and (b) Russia on bilateral reductions in stockpiles of non-strategic nuclear weapons; and whether such reductions were discussed at the meeting of the NATO-Russia Council in April 2016.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	36429
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2016 answer text <p>Reductions in US and Russian nuclear forces have been negotiated directly between those two countries. Officials regularly discuss the implementation of those agreements, including the Intermediate Nuclear Forces agreement, with the US and other NATO partners. Nuclear weapons were not discussed at the meeting of the NATO/Russia Council held on 20 April 2016, which mainly focussed on the situation in Ukraine.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 09/05/2016 16:01:09 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

517455

registered interest
date	04/05/2016
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Nuclear Weapons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the likelihood of (a) full ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test Ban Treaty and (b) the commencement of negotiations on the proposed Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	36427
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2016 answer text <p>The Strategic Defence and Security Review restated that the Government sees entry into force of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty and successful negotiations on a Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty as key steps towards multilateral disarmament. While we cannot predict when other States will take the decisions necessary to achieve these goals, we continue to pursue both objectives, which were strongly supported in the G7 Foreign Ministers’ declaration at their meeting in Hiroshima.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 09/05/2016 15:58:35 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

517457

registered interest
date	04/05/2016
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Nuclear Weapons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government has taken to facilitate the start of negotiations on the proposed Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	36426
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2016 answer text <p>The UK continues to push for the early start of negotiations, without preconditions, on a Fissile Material Cut off Treaty (FMCT) in the Conference on Disarmament (CD). In order to help unblock the current impasse, earlier this year we submitted a draft proposal to establish a formal working group and an associated programme of work for the duration of the CD’s 2016 session, which includes provision for FMCT issues to be included.</p><p>We also supported the resolution at last year's UN General Assembly First Committee on issues surrounding an FMCT and we continue to work with partners in the CD to press Pakistan to start negotiations.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 09/05/2016 15:57:30 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry