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Scottish Parliament to debate Trident on Wednesday 20 March

Categories: Articles:Nuclear Weapons | Published: 15/03/2013 | Views: 2730
The Scottish Parliament is holding a debate on Trident at 2 pm on Wednesday 20 March. The motion will be presented by the Scottish Government and there will be a vote at 5 pm, see Agenda for 20 March: Please contact your MSPs and encourage them to oppose Trident. On the day when the Scottish parliament is discussing nuclear weapons, the House of Commons will be hearing George Osborne announce his budget for the year. Please encourage MSPs to say that Trident should be cut, not welfare or public services.

A new poll by TNS BMRB for Scottish CND found that 80% of those who expressed a preference opposed spending billions on Trident replacement, see also the Herald report:

There is a Scottish CND briefing on Trident, with some points you might want to make, is at:

A way of emailing MSPs is by going to write to them.com:  This can be used to send the same message to all MSPs. Please remember to include your postal address to show that you are a constituent.

Information on how MSPs have voted on Trident in the past

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