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  Trident Replacement - Maintain nuclear deterrent beyond existing system
  
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  The majority of MPs voted for the motion:[1]
  
  **This House 
  * ''supports'' the Government's decisions, as set out in the White Paper The Future of the United Kingdom's Nuclear Deterrent (Cm 6994),[2] to take the steps necessary to maintain the UK's minimum strategic nuclear deterrent beyond the life of the existing system and to take further steps towards meeting the UK's disarmament responsibilities under Article VI of the Non-Proliferation Treaty.[3]
  
  This was recognized as Parliamentary authorization for the development of a new generation of submarines and launch vehicles for the deployment of ballistic nuclear weapons against targets unknown.[4][5]
  
  * [1] [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2007-03-14c.298.0#g298.3 Margaret Beckett MP], House of Commons, 14 March 2007
  * [2] [http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/uk/doctrine/sdr06/WhitePaper.pdf The Future of the United Kingdom's Nuclear Deterrent], December 2006
  * [3] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_Non-Proliferation_Treaty#Second_pillar:_disarmament Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Second Pillar], Wikipedia
  * [4] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/6448173.stm Trident Plan wins Commons support], BBC News, 15 March 2007
  * [5] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_replacement_of_the_Trident_system British replacement of the Trident system], Wikipedia 
  
  
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