Sandra Osborne MP asks why UK refused to join 146 other states at recent Mexico conference on humanitarian impact of nuclear weapons, March 2014

Sandra Osborne (Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock) (Lab): Why did the UK refuse to join 146 other states at the recent conference in Mexico on the humanitarian impact of nuclear weapons?

Hugh Robertson: Because we believe that there are other international forums that are most effective for achieving those aims.