{"value":{"id":179395,"memberId":1487,"member":null,"memberRole":"Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office","uin":"HCWS285","dateMade":"2015-02-12T00:00:00","answeringBodyId":16,"answeringBodyName":"Foreign and Commonwealth Office","title":"London P5 Conference","text":"<p>I would like to update the House on the outcome of the recent London Conference of the five Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) nuclear-weapon states (the ‘P5’). The Conference was held on 4-5 February at Lancaster House.</p><p>After the UK initiated the P5 process in 2009, each of the P5 has held a conference, and the London conference saw the start of a second cycle. The conferences have offered the nuclear-weapon states a chance to engage in a structured dialogue. The London Conference was successful in positioning the UK well in the run up to the NPT Review Conference, taking place 27 April – 22 May. We welcomed France’s offer to host the next P5 Conference.</p><p>A copy of the joint statement issued by the P5 after the Conference is attached.</p>","house":"Commons","noticeNumber":5,"hasAttachments":true,"hasLinkedStatements":true,"linkedStatements":[{"linkedStatementId":179402,"linkType":"JointStatement","linkDate":"2015-02-12T00:00:00"}],"attachments":[{"url":"https://qna.files.parliament.uk/ws-attachments/179395/original/London P5 Conference Joint Statement.pdf","title":"Joint Statement","fileType":"pdf","fileSizeBytes":221839}]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Statements/179395","method":"GET"}]}