Nuclear Weapons (Hansard, 20 November 2003)

§ Llew Smith
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment(a) he and (b) his officials have made of the relevance to United Kingdom policies on non-proliferation of the study on disarmament and non-proliferation education study series number 30 (2003), produced by the United Nations Department for Disarmament Affairs for the United Nations Secretary General. [138060]

§ Mr. MacShane
I will write to my hon. Friend shortly and place a copy of the letter in the Library of the House.

§ Mr. Drew
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the recent report of the International Atomic Energy Authority on whether the Government of Iran has been proved to be holding(a) enriched uranium and (b) plutonium for the purposes of a nuclear weapons programme. [139418]

§ Mr. MacShane
[holding answer 19 November 2003]: The report of the Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency is confidential to the Agency's Board of Governors, who will discuss it at their next meeting on 20 November. I would not wish to pre-empt their discussions by making public statements about the report at this time.

§ Mr. Drew
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with the(a) US Administration and (b) UN representatives on the implications of the recent International Atomic Energy Authority Report on Iran. [139419]

§ Mr. MacShane
[holding answer 19 November 2003]: The Government have been engaged in intensive discussion with the US Administration, our EU partners and others about the report, We have worked closely with a range of partners on drafting a Resolution on Iran for discussion at the next meeting of the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency on 20 November.