Nuclear Weapons Testing (Hansard, 6 March 1990)

HC Deb 06 March 1990 vol 168 c578W 578W

Dr. Thomas
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he has received any communication over the past three months from his counterpart in the Soviet Union on the subject of the health effects of nuclear weapons testing.

§ Mr. Kenneth Clarke
Yes. In December last, I received a letter from Mr. E. Chazov, Minister of Public Health of the USSR, about nuclear weapons testing. I sent a reply on 19 January.

Dr. Thomas
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he requested that any official papers concerning public health effects of atmospheric atomic weapons tests be withheld from publication on 1 January under sections 3(4) and 5(1) of the Public Records Act 1958.

§ Mr. Kenneth Clarke
No.