§ Mr. Llew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what consideration has been given to the implications of the publication by the United States Department of Energy on 27 June of details of the use of United Kingdom origin reactor grade plutonium in a nuclear test explosion in 1962, on Her Majesty's Government's policy of not commenting on the details of any nuclear weapons tests which may have been carried out.
§ Mr. Atkins[holding answer 4 July 1994]: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my hon. Friend the Minister of State for Defence Procurement, Official Report, 4 July, column 82.