25 May 2005
EDM 207
Weapons in Space

 
That this House is concerned that the US is expected to review the 1996 national security directive on space in early summer 2005 and that President Bush is expected to implement a major shift in policy paving the way for the development and deployment of space weapons; further notes that the Outer Space Treaty bans only weapons of mass destruction from space and that weapons currently under development or research are not weapons of mass destruction; further notes that the deployment of space weapons by the US could lead to a space arms race with Russia and China and nuclear proliferation on Earth; and calls on the UK Government to undertake urgently diplomatic action to dissuade the United States from deploying space weapons and to start immediate negotiations at the Conference on Disarmament on a treaty banning all weapons from space.
 
Corbyn, Jeremy 58 signatures
  Abbott, Diane   Baker, Norman   Barrett, John
  Burden, Richard   Campbell, Menzies   Campbell, Ronnie
  Caton, Martin   Chaytor, David   Clark, Katy
  Clegg, Nick   Cohen, Harry   Conway, Derek
  Cryer, Ann   Davey, Edward   Dean, Janet
  Dismore, Andrew   Drew, David   Durkan, Mark
  Etherington, Bill   Featherstone, Lynne   Galloway, George
  Gibson, Ian   Godsiff, Roger   Hamilton, Fabian
  Hancock, Mike   Harvey, Nick   Hemming, John
  Hepburn, Stephen   Holmes, Paul   Hosie, Stewart
  Jones, Lynne   Kidney, David   Lazarowicz, Mark
  Lepper, David   Lloyd, Tony   Llwyd, Elfyn
  MacNeil, Angus   Marris, Rob   McCafferty, Chris
  McDonnell, John   McGrady, Eddie   Meale, Alan
  Mole, Chris   Pound, Stephen   Price, Adam
  Robertson, Angus   Rowen, Paul   Salmond, Alex
  Simpson, Alan   Smith, Geraldine   Vis, Rudi
  Wareing, Robert N   Williams, Hywel   Willott, Jenny
  Wishart, Pete   Wyatt, Derek   Younger-Ross, Richard

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