Dr. ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he has recently received any reports from(a) the director of atomic weapon research establishment, Aldermaston and (b) the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces on the preparedness of the United Kingdom fissile material stockpile to meet defence requirements into the 1990s.
§ Mr. SainsburyFuture requirements for fissile material are kept under regular review as part of the overall process of planning the defence programme. It has been the practice of successive Governments not to reveal details.