Bill Kidd on Council of Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-Proliferation

The SNP are delighted to announce that Glasgow SNP MSP Bill Kidd has accepted membership of the Council of the Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament (PNND) – a network dedicated helping parliamentarians become engaged in nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament initiatives.

Mr Kidd will be the first Scottish parliamentarian to be appointed to the worldwide body which includes elected legislators from across the world.

He will formally take up his duties this weekend as he flies to New York to attend the PNND Assembly and Council Meeting which will take place between the 11th and 13th of October.

On Monday the 12th, Mr Kidd will also deliver a speech to the PNND Assembly.

Commenting on his appointment Mr Kidd said:

"I am both delighted and honoured to be invited to become a Member of the PNND Council and have happily accepted the invitation to attend the PNND Assembly this weekend.

"It is a great honour to be the first Scottish parliamentarian to be appointed to this influential organisation. I also believe my appointment is a recognition of the growing interational status Scotland’s Parliament holds on this issue.

"The 2007 Scottish Parliamentary vote against replacing Trident and the Scottish Government’s position against these weapons of mass destruction has been noticed world wide and I believe they have both helped in my appointment.

"Trident is dangerous, unnecessary and expensive, and today's recession shows how it is a financial distraction when people want that money spent on frontline public services.

"I look forward to clearly putting forward Scotland’s position to the PNND Assembly and my own continuing commitment to the cause of nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament."