§ Mr. KaufmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his oral answer of 27 October to the hon. Member for Motherwell, North (Dr. Reid),Official Report, columns 860–61, suggesting a figure of 500 warheads, if he will now publish the number of nuclear weapon warheads to be deployed on Trident by the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. RifkindNo. We have long emphasised that our Trident submarines will enter service carrying no more than 128 warheads each, but that the actual number to be deployed will be decided in the light of circumstances at the time.