§ Mr. Llew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make it his policy to have urgent discussions with his Norwegian and Russian counterparts over methods safely to remove the nuclear materials from the Komsomolet nuclear submarine of the former Soviet navy that sank off Norway in 1989.
§ Mr. Archie HamiltonThe recovery of nuclear materials from the Russian submarine Komsomolet is a matter for the Russian Government. We would be willing to consider requests for advice from the Russian and Norwegian Governments concerning the future of the submarine.