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Replied to a letter from Scotland's for Peace saying that he would vote against the replacement of Trident
"I opposed Polaris and Trident which replaced it. I have marched with anti-nuclear-weapons groups at Faslane and through my constituency. WMDs are obscene and we need the money for public services. I am a member of the Parliamentary CND group."
December 2009 - Signed EDM 380 calling for the Trident Replacement programme to be cancelled.
2009 - Signed EDM 660 calling for a delay in the Initial Gate of Trident Replacement.
14 March 2007 - voted against the Government motion which called for the renewal of Trident
November 2006 - Replied to survey saying he was opposed to upgrading or replacing Trident and said "It makes no sense to spend £10bn or more to replace a weapon that no person would ever use"
June 2006 - Hosted a meeting on Trident replacement between MPs and representatives of civic Scotland following their visit to Aldermaston in June 2006
2005- Supported EDMs 72, 1113 and 1197 calling for a debate on Trident Replacement
June 2005 - Response to Scottish CND survey - "Nuclear proliferation can only end when countries like the UK stop replacing weapons of mass destruction like Trident"
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