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Lord Jenkins of Putney
asked her Majesty's Government:Why the United States, which already has 26,000 nuclear warheads, enough to kill everyone on earth and to spare, is continuing to turn out eight more every day and whether they will ask the US Government to desist.
| Plenary | Chief | Vote | ||||
| No. | Title | Sponsor | For | Against | Abstentions | UK Vote |
| 38/61 | Implementation of General Assembly Resolution 37/71 concerning he signature and ratification of Additional Protocol 1 of the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America (Treaty of Tlatelolco). | Mexico | 135 | 0 | 9 | FOR |
| 38/62 | Cessation of all test explosions of Nuclear Weapons. | Mexico | 119 | 2 | 26 | AGAINST |
| 38/63 | Urgent need for Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. | Australia and New Zealand | 117 | 0 | 29 | ABSTAIN |
| 38/64 | Establishment of a Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone in the Region of the Middle East; Report of the Secretary General. | Egypt | CONSENSUS | FOR | ||
| 38/65 | Establishment of a Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone in South Asia. | Pakistan | 94 | 3 | 46 | ABSTAIN |
| 38/67 | Conclusion of an International Convention on the Strengthening of the Security of Non-Nuclear Weapon States Against the Use or Threat of Use of Nuclear Weapons. | Bulgaria | 108 | 17 | 15 | AGAINST |
| 38/68 | Conclusion of Effective International Arrangements to Assure Non-Nuclear States Against the Use or Threat of Use of Nuclear Weapons. | Pakistan | 141 | 0 | 6 | ABSTAIN |
| 38/69 | Israeli Nuclear Armament. | Iraq | 99 | 2 | 39 | ABSTAIN |
| 38/72 | Immediate Cessation and Prohibition of Nuclear Weapon Tests. | USSR | 118 | 4 | 24 | AGAINST |
| 38/73B | Review and Implementation of the Concluding Document of the Twelfth Special Session of the General Assembly; Freeze on Nuclear Weapons. | India | 124 | 15 | 7 | AGAINST |
| 38/73E | Nuclear Arms Freeze. | Mexico and Sweden | 124 | 13 | 8 | AGAINST |
| 38/183C | Prohibition of the Nuclear Neutron Weapon: Report of the Committee on Disarmament. | DDR | 74 | 12 | 57 | AGAINST |
| 38/73G | Convention on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons. | India | 126 | 17 | 6 | AGAINST |
| 38/74 | Implementation of the Conclusions of the Second Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and Establishment of a Preparatory Committee for the Third Review Conference. | UK | 134 | 0 | 7 | FOR |
| 38/75 | Condemnation of Nuclear War. | USSR | 95 | 19 | 30 | AGAINST |
Baroness Young
We do not comment on the details of our Allies' military programmes but, if NATO's strategy of deterrence is to remain effective, United States nuclear forces will need periodic modernisation just as older warheads will need to be withdrawn.