§ Mr. Foulkesasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he has any information about tests of any triggering devices, similar to those referred to in the paper relating to consideration of trials of an atomic device near Wick, a copy of which he has placed in the Library, in the United Kingdom subsequent to 1954; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Defence if, referring to the documents on the testing of initiators placed by his Department in the Library on 26 March, he will make a statement as to (a) what an initiator is, (b) what its function is and (c) what nuclear radiation is produced.
§ Mr. ButlerI refer the hon. Members to the answer which the Prime Minister gave earlier today to the hon. Member for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley (Mr. Foulkes).
§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Defence whether there has been any subsequent revision in the light of experience of any of the figures for the area of contamination both ground and air from those stated in the documents concerning initiator testing recently placed in the Library, in particular the prognostications contained in paragraphs three, four, five and six of the paper on initiator trials September 1954 Wick or Australia dated 5 January 1954.
§ Mr. ButlerNo.