HC Deb 27 July 1988 vol 138 c289W
Dr. Thomas

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy if, pursuant to the reply to the hon. Member for Meirionnydd Nant Conwy, 14 June,Official Report, column 99. on nuclear materials exports, he will set out the reasons why information on the dates and quantities of exports to which he makes reference are confidential.

Mr. Michael Spicer

Information on the dates and quantities of exports of nuclear materials is commercially confidential to the parties involved. Additionally, there may be security considerations.