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Alan Simpson
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the Government"s policy is on the development of a new generation of tactical nuclear weapons; and under what sections of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty this work is proceeding. [114269]
Mr. Mike O"Brien
The Government has no plans to develop new nuclear weapons. In line with the policy set out in the Strategic Defence Review, it is the Government"s policy to maintain a minimum capability to design and produce a successor to Trident should his prove necessary.