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| What does your MP at Westminster think about nuclear weapons ? | ||||||||
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| If you are a constituent then please email reida@parliament.uk | ||||||||
Alternatively, you can send a letter to your MP at their constituency office: |
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| - say what you think about the Government's plans for nuclear weapons in Scotland. If you include your postal address then you should get a reply. | ||||||||
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April 2010 - statement to the Helensburgh Advertiser - "If this summer's Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty talks fail to reach agreement on eliminating nuclear weapons, Britain will need to retain a nuclear deterrent, but we don't need the massive firepower of Trident. When Trident is replaced in 2024, a less powerful nuclear deterrent will be enough" December 2009 - Signed EDM 144 calling for a Nuclear Weapons Convention. 2009- Signed EDM 660 calling for a delay in the Initial Gate of Trident Replacement. 14 March 2007 - Voted against the Government motion which called for the renewal of Trident. Speech Mr Reid has argued more strongly for Trident replacement than other Scottish Liberal Democrat MPs. Spring 2007 - Told the Press and Journal: 2007 - Told a public meeting in Helensburgh that he was in favour of replacing Trident. December 2006 - In response to a constituent, he said: ""I think that the lives of the Vanguard submarines, and the missiles they carry, should be extended and that the Government should start looking noew at possible replacements .... It's important to remember that the decision over whether or not we actually go ahead and replace our nuclear submarines does not need to be taken until around 2014. I think it's important that plenty of time be made available for a full public and Parliamentary debate to take place before any decision is taken." 2005 - Supported EDM 1113 calling for a debate on Trident Replacement |
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