§ Mr. Frank Allaun asked the Secretary of State for Energy whether, and for what reasons, he is negotiating to sell increased quantities of plutonium from the Calder Hall plant to the United States of America; what quantities are involved; and if he will secure an undertaking that it will not be used to replace the increased quantities of plutonium to be supplied from the United States fuel plants for the increased nuclear arms programme of the United States Government.
§ Mr. John Moore:I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to my hon. Friend the Member for Falmouth and Cambourne (Mr. Mudd) on 19 October. This plutonium would be derived from civil nuclear power stations. It would be subject to IAEA safeguards and would not therefore be available for military purposes. How the United States uses its own plutonium is a matter for the United States Government.