Nuclear Weapons
Commons · Question 99 · Tabled 13 May 2026 · Ministry of Defence · Official record
Answered 22 May 2026
Question
Asked by Mark Pritchard
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has undertaken analysis on the likelihood of (a) Egypt, (b) Japan, (c) Saudi Arabia, (d) South Korea, (e) Turkey and (f) Taiwan obtaining independent nuclear deterrents.
Answer
Answered by Luke Pollard, 22 May 2026
The UK keeps the global nuclear proliferation landscape under close and continuous review. Any further nuclear proliferation would not make the world a safer place and would undermine the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, which remains t...