§ Mr. Frank Allaunasked the Secretary of State for Defence whether it is the policy of Her Majesty's Government to regard their nuclear armaments as first strike weapons; and what are the circumstances in which they could be so used.
§ Mr. PymBritain's nuclear forces make an important contribution to NATO's strategy of deterring aggression. That strategy does not encompass any concept of a "first strike", that is one intended pre-emptively to destroy a substantial part of an adversary's nuclear forces.