Ballistic missile defence

This page highlights some of the current parliamentary material available on ballistic missile defence. This includes select committee reports, briefing papers on current legislation and other subjects produced by the parliamentary research services, and the latest Early Day Motions put down by MPs.

Standard Notes

DateDescription
02.12.2008Ballistic Missile Defence: Recent Developments
27.11.2008UK Participation in US Missile Defence

Research Papers

DateDescription
26.03.2003Ballistic Missile Defence
Ballistic Missile Defence. House of Commons Library Research Paper 03/28.

Select Committee Reports

DateDescription
09.02.2009The United Kingdom's future nuclear deterrent capability.
Public Accounts Committee report [Commons]

Early Day Motions

DateDescription
10.12.2008PARLIAMENT AND US NATIONAL MISSILE DEFENSE
That this House recalls that the former Prime Minister told this House in reply to the right hon. Member for North East Fife, on the possible deployment of part of an anti-ballistic ...
09.07.2008US MISSILE DEFENSE BASE IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC
That this House regrets the signing on 8th July by the United States administration and the government of the Czech Republic of a treaty to locate a US Missile Defense radar base in ...
19.06.2008MISSILE DEFENCE
That this House notes that two Czechs citizens, Jan Tamas and Jan Bednar, went on hunger strike for several weeks to express their opposition to US plans to deploy missile defence radar ...
06.11.2007PARLIAMENT AND DECISIONS OVER US MISSILE DEFENCE
That this House recalls the statement by the former Prime Minister on 28th February with regard to the UK involvement in the US Missile Defence programme, that `I am sure that we will ...

Glossary

  • Research Papers (RP) - briefings produced by the House of Commons Library on Bills, topical issues and regular statistics
  • Standard Notes (SN) - shorter, topical briefings from the Commons Library
  • Early Day Motions (EDMs) - formal motions submitted by MPs in the House of Commons
  • POST Notes - short briefing notes produced by the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology
  • Lords Library Notes (LLN) - papers compiled by the House of Lords Library on Bills and for debates in the Lords