§ Mr. LlwydTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list(a) all measures taken by his Department in the last 12 months to prevent nuclear proliferation, (b) the number of personnel in his Department working to prevent nuclear proliferation and (c) his Department's total expenditure on control of nuclear proliferation in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Archie HamiltonIt is Government policy to meet all our obligations under the nuclear non-proliferation treaty and our commitments under the nuclear suppliers group regime. My Department supports fully the Government's efforts to promote effective international controls on nuclear weapon-related and nuclear dual-use exports to help prevent proliferation. A wide range of personnel within my Department work on nuclear non-proliferation-related matters; the direct costs of pursuing this policy are not separately identifiable.