§ Mr. Llew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Denton and Reddish (Mr. Bennett) of 22 July,Official Report, column 353, if he will set out the reason for the confidentiality of the Aldermaston Radioactive Waste and Decommissioning Document to which he refers; and whether he applies the harm test to the refusal to disclose information, as set out at paragraph 3.7 of the White Paper on open government (Cm 2290).
§ Mr. AitkenThe decommissioning plan is a classified document and the waste management plan contains commercially sensitive information. The information contained in these two documents is such that the harm test, as set out in paragraph 3.7 of the White Paper on open government (Cm 2290), is applicable.