HC Deb 16 February 1989 vol 147 cc324-5W
Mr. Flynn

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Sheffield, Central (Mr. Caborn) on nuclear weapons, the level of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation's nuclear stockpile referred to therein is defined by (a) total explosive capacity, (b) collective lethality based on explosive capacity and accuracy or (c) number of deliverable warheads.

Mr. Archie Hamilton

The nuclear stockpile referred to in the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Sheffield, Central (Mr. Caborn) on 30 January at column31 is defined in terms of the number of nuclear warheads stockpiled in Europe.

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