§ Mr. Strangasked the Secretary of State for Defence whether there are any reciprocal arrangements with the 435W United States Government in exchange for the British Government testing British nuclear warheads in the United States of America.
§ Mr. ButlerThe United States and United Kingdom Governments jointly test United Kingdom nuclear devices at the Nevada test site in the United States of America as a part of the continuing exchanges which take place under the terms of the agreement between the Governments of the United Kingdom and United States of America for co-operation on the uses of atomic energy for mutual defence purposes, Cmnd. 537, July 1958, as amended.
§ Mr. Strangasked the Secretary of State for Defence under which subheads in the Defence Estimates money is allocated for nuclear weapon testing.
§ Mr. ButlerAny such expenditure is borne on the defence procurement subheads of Vote 2 of the Defence Estimates.