§ Mr. Malcolm BruceTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the recent flooding of the atomic weapons research establishment at 681W Aldermaston; whether underground bunkers and the underground railway were flooded; and to what extent research programmes were interrupted or adversely affected.
§ Mr. SainsburyHeavy local rainfall on 6 July 1989 caused minor flooding in some buildings at the atomic weapons establishment, Aldermaston. Research programmes were not significantly interrupted or adversely affected.