§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Prime Minister if, pursuant to her reply on representations recently made to her on the nuclear deterrent,Official Report, 11 May, column 489, she will list those (a) in favour and (b) against nuclear weapons set out in the representations; and if she will set out the reasons given by those representations opposed to United Kingdom retention of nuclear weapons.
§ The Prime MinisterA detailed breakdown of such representations could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. The British electorate has consistently endorsed NATO's policy of deterrence based on a mix of nuclear and conventional weapons, and the maintenance of an independent British strategic deterrent.