Nuclear Weapons: Research
Commons · Question 28880 · Tabled 5 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record
Answered 17 Feb 2025
Question
Asked by Jeremy Corbyn
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what research his Department has undertaken on the consequences of nuclear war since the signature of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons in 1968.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Doughty, 17 Feb 2025
The devastation that would be caused by nuclear war has been long understood and was written into the preamble of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) in 1968. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office's focus since then has therefore been on upholdi...