HC Deb 25 May 1989 vol 153 cc633-4W
Mr. Benn

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will make it his policy to initiate negotiations with the European Commission, Euratom and the International Atomic Energy Agency towards the deletion of article 14 of the tripartite safeguards agreement of August 1978 permitting the withdrawal of nuclear materials from safeguards for reasons of national security.

Mr. Michael Spicer

No.