British Policy and Parliament

British Policy Developments, 1999 - 2000

July 2000: Missile Defence Divergence: Britain Debates NMD, by Nicola Butler
June 2000: Eliminating Nuclear Arsenals: the NPT Pledge and what it means, speech by Jayantha Dhanapala, UN Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs, to the All-Party Group on Global Security and Non-Proliferation
March 2000: Non-Proliferation at risk?, speech by Michael Douglas, actor/producer to the All-Party Group
March 2000: Michael Douglas Appeals for British Leadership on Nuclear Disarmament, by Nicola Butler and Lorna Richardson
January - February 2000: Renewed Interest in Nuclear Issues, by Nicola Butler
January - February 2000: Launching The All-Party Group, by Malcolm Savidge MP
January - February 2000: Strengthening IAEA Safeguards, by Tony Colman MP
January - February 2000: UK Parliamentary Committee Tackles Aid and Arms Export Issues
June 1999: Nuclear Disarmament Issues in the UK Parliament: More Questions than Answers, by Nicola Butler

June 2000: UK NPT Paper on Disarmament
March 2000: UK Foreign Secretary Robin Cook's speech on NPT
December 1999: Blair on Britain's new global role
February 1999: UK Defence Secretary George Robertson's speech on nuclear disarmament

November 2000: Review of Trident ruling concludes
September 2000: Trident protesters defend action
December 1999: Scottish Parliament to consider legality of nuclear weapons
December 1999: New legal ruling on Trident
November 1999: Britain, Bosnia eliminate landmines
July - August 1999: Report claims UK working with US & France on replacement for Trident