Commenting on a report in the Sunday Times that the LibDems' plans to still spend billions on weapons of mass destruction as a replacement to Trident SNP MSP Bill Kidd – a member of the Council of Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament - said:

“Whether Tory, Labour or LibDem the UK government is preparing to waste billions on replacing Trident nuclear weapons that are neither wanted nor needed.

"The majority of Scottish voters oppose Trident. The majority of Scots MPs and MSPs have not voted for Trident renewal. Our Churches and STUC do not want Trident.

“In a time of such Westminster cuts committing billions to Trident is a decision that shows the UK government's priorities are wrong.

“Why are our conventional defences being cut but a fortune being spent on a weapons system that can never be used?

"A normal country with the power to decide its own defence and security policy would never be pushed into this crazy situation. With independence Scotland can determine its own priorities, rather than have other party's imposed upon it."