§ Mr. Cryerasked the Secretary of State for Defence (1) if he will negotiate to extend the agreement with the United States of America for the supply of tritium beyond 1978;
(2) what is the cost of the contract placed with British Nuclear Fuels Ltd. for the production of tritium;
(3) what is the purpose of the manufacture of tritium by British Nuclear Fuels Ltd. under contract to his Department; and if he will make a statement;
(4) what strategic part the manufacture of tritium will play in Great Britain's defence system.
§ Mr. MasonI would refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave on 29th April to my hon. Friend the Member for Leicester, East (Mr. Bradley). Cost details concerning the British Nuclear Fuels Ltd. cannot be released.—[Vol. 910,c. 181.]