§ The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean)My honourable friend the Minister for Europe (Dr Denis MacShane) has made the following Ministerial Statement.
The amendment to the 1958 agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the United States of America for Co-operation on the Uses of Atomic Energy for Mutual Defence Purposes (Cm6261), which was laid before the House on 21 June 2004, entered into force on 9 December 2004. The amendment extends the application of Article III (bis) of the agreement for a further 10 years, until 2014.