§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Prime Minister (1) if she will describe the role of each Department concerned in the United Kingdom nuclear weapons programme;
(2) why, pursuant to her reply to the hon. Member for Islington, South and Finsbury (Mr. Smith), Official Report, 18 April, column 525, on plutonium use, Her Majesty's Government's policy in answering such questions has altered since 4 February 1983.
§ Mr. BiffenI have been asked to reply.
My right hon. Friend will reply on her return from Tokyo.