Nuclear Weapons

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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, for what reason the UK is not a signatory to the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons which came into force on 22 January 2021; and what strategy his Department ha

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1. 17 June 2021

   Written question

   To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, for what reason the UK is not a signatory to the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons which came into force on 22 January 2021; and what strategy his Department ha

   Source: Commons

2. 30 June 2021

   Answer

   The UK is fully committed to the long-term goal of a world without nuclear weapons. The best way to achieve this is through gradual multilateral disarmament negotiated using a step-by-step approach, under the framework of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Tre...

   Source: Written answer

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