On 7 July, the synod of the Church of England decided (by 260 to 26) to call on the British government to ‘respond positively’ to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
There was an attempt to strengthen the wording to ask the government to actually sign the treaty, but that amendment was lost.
The motion asks the government to explain its strategy for meeting its obligations under Article VI of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty: ‘to pursue negotiations in good faith on effective measures relating to cessation of the nuclear arms race at an early date and to nuclear disarmament’.
Topics: Nuclear weapons