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Civil Contingency in Nuclear Weapon Transport

  • Submitted by: Mark Ruskell, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party.
  • Date lodged: Monday, 09 April 2018
  • Motion reference: S5M-11539
  • Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, 02 May 2018

That the Parliament understands that the Ministry of Defence regularly transports nuclear weapons on public roads in convoys that pass through or close to communities in the Argyll and Bute, Dumfries and Galloway, East Dunbartonshire, East Lothian, Edinburgh, Falkirk, Glasgow, Midlothian, North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, Scottish Borders, Stirling, South Lanarkshire, West Dunbartonshire and West Lothian local authority areas; believes that there is an inherent risk in transporting high explosives and radioactive material together on public roads; understands that information on what to do in an emergency involving a nuclear reactor is regularly circulated to residents close to the Coulport and Faslane bases but that no equivalent information relating to an incident involving nuclear weapons is available to communities along the regular convoy route; believes that although defence is a reserved matter, it would be for the civil authorities such as police, fire and rescue and local authorities to attempt to respond to any emergency as so-called category 1 responders, and notes the view that these civil authorities must have sufficient assessments and plans in place to respond.


Supported by: Tom Arthur, Claudia Beamish, Bruce Crawford, Bob Doris, Neil Findlay, John Finnie, Kenneth Gibson, Jenny Gilruth, Ross Greer, Patrick Harvie, Alison Johnstone, Bill Kidd, Richard Lyle, Ruth Maguire, John Mason, Ash Regan, Sandra White, Andy Wightman