Scottish Parliament votes to reject renewal of Trident

1.00.13pm BST (GMT +0100) Mon 18th Jun 2007

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The Scottish Parliament passed a motion to reject the government's plans to replace the Trident nuclear weapon system last night. The Parliament passed a Liberal Democrat amendment to the motion which said Trident should not be renewed 'at this time', allowing for the issue to be considered in future disarmament talks. The Tories were the only party to support the renewal of Trident; four Labour MSPs voted to reject the government plans while the rest of the Labour MSPs abstained. The parliament later passed a further Lib Dem motion noting that defence issues were the responsibility of the UK Parliament and calling on the government not to go ahead with the proposals to renew the Trident system.