Commonwealth Countries (Nuclear Policy)

HC Deb 04 May 1988 vol 132 cc471-2W

82. Mr. Boswell

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many Commonwealth states have policies of refusing access to nuclear-armed or nuclear-powered aircraft or naval vessels.

Mr. Mellor

New Zealand is the only Commonwealth country whose current policy in relation to declarations on the presence of nuclear weapons prevents visits by Royal Navy ships.