Iran Nuclear Deal

Caroline Lucas Excerpts

Wednesday 9th May 2018 Commons Chamber

[Boris Johnson]

I am grateful to my right hon. Friend for shoehorning in that very important point at this juncture.

[Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion) (Green)]

We all agree that Trump’s reckless decision has made the world a more dangerous place, but does the Foreign Secretary also agree that that makes the rule of international law even more important? Does he recognise the rank hypocrisy of Britain’s lecturing other countries that are seeking to acquire nuclear weapons, while we keep our own—and indeed enhance them—in direct contravention of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty? Is it not time that we joined those 122 countries that have been negotiating a nuclear-ban treaty at the UN and sought some world leadership on the world stage?

[Boris Johnson]

I think most people in the House understand that the UK’s independent nuclear deterrent keeps the peace that other countries would want to threaten.