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Weapons of Mass Destruction: Proliferation

Commons · Question 8020 · Tabled 8 Oct 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 14 Oct 2024

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Asked by Neil Shastri-Hurst

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help prevent proliferation of (a) nuclear and (b) biological weapons.

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Answered by Stephen Doughty, 14 Oct 2024

The UK remains committed to supporting and implementing the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), a vital pillar of the international peace and security architecture. The NPT has created the non-proliferation framework that has both limited the spread o...