Armed Conflict: Nuclear Weapons
(asked on 16th December 2021) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the remarks by Lord West of Spithead on 29 November (HL Deb, col 1130) that "the greatest risk to the survival of mankind is not global warming, it is an accidental thermonuclear war".
This question was answered on 4th January 2022
The UK faces a range of risks as outlined in the Integrated Review published in Spring 2021. Her Majesty's Government is at the forefront of work internationally to champion stability, to descalate the risk of nuclear conflict, and to enhance mutual trust.