I will be brief, as I have just given a long speech. When we put this matter to Scottish people in elections, they always return a majority of Members, not just from my party but from the Scottish Labour party, who oppose hosting the deterrent in Scotland. On the deterrent being in Scotland and the independence of NATO, is the hon. Gentleman really suggesting that the entirety of the UK’s nuclear capability should be exclusively hosted in a sovereign foreign country, no matter how friendly and neighbouring that country is? It would be unprecedented in world history, and I suspect he does not support it himself.
NATO and International Security
Proceeding contribution from
Stewart Malcolm McDonald
(Scottish National Party)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 19 May 2022.
It occurred during Debate on NATO and International Security.
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