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  UK's Nuclear Deterrent - Replacement of Trident Nuclear Submarines - Maintenance of Continuous At Sea Deterrence
  
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  @ MP voted aye to support replacing the four Trident nuclear missile submarines to maintain the UK's continuous at sea deterrent. 
  @ MP voted no against replacing the four Trident nuclear missile submarines, a proposal intended to maintain the UK's continuous at sea deterrent. 
  
  The majority of MPs voted to support replacing the four Trident nuclear missile submarines to maintain the UK's continuous at sea deterrence posture. 
  
  The majority of MPs were also voting to support work towards multilateral disarmament.
  
  
  The motion supported by the majority of MPs in this vote was:
  
  :That this House
  :''supports'' the Governmentâs assessment in the 2015 National Security Strategy and Strategic Defence and Security Review that the UKâs independent minimum credible nuclear deterrent, based on a Continuous at Sea Deterrence posture, will remain essential to the UK's security today as it has for over 60 years, and for as long as the global security situation demands, to deter the most extreme threats to the UK's national security and way of life and that of the UK's allies;
  :''supports'' the decision to take the necessary steps required to maintain the current posture by replacing the current Vanguard Class submarines with four Successor submarines;
  :''recognises'' the importance of this programme to the UKâs defence industrial base and in supporting thousands of highly skilled engineering jobs;
  :''notes'' that the Government will continue to provide annual reports to Parliament on the programme;
  :''recognises'' that the UK remains committed to reducing its overall nuclear weapon stockpile by the mid-2020s; and
  :''supports'' the Governmentâs commitment to continue work towards a safer and more stable world, pressing for key steps towards multilateral disarmament.
  
  
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