§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Energy, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Leeds West (Mr. Meadowcroft), Official Report, 19 November 1986, column 233, if he will set out the nature of the sensitivity of information to which he refers; and what are the aspects of the national interest that any revelations of information on the civil nuclear programme are likely to damage.
§ Mr. Goodlad[pursuant to his reply, 12 January 1987, c. 80]: It is well known that the civil and military nuclear power programmes had common origins. The records in question contain sensitive information concerned with national security, the disclosure of which would be contrary to the public interest.
§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Energy whether there have been any delays in the dispatch of spent nuclear fuel from nuclear plants in the current year due to snow and ice on the rail network.
§ Mr. Goodlad[pursuant to his reply, 22 January 1987, c. 653]: I am informed by the CEGB that one flask has been delayed in dispatch from Dungeness and one from Bradwell.