§ Mr. CohenTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is his Department's current policy on a fissile materials cut-off.
§ Mr. AitkenI refer the hon. Member to the reply given by the Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs—my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Grantham (Mr. Hogg)—on 7 February to the hon. Member for Blaenau, Gwent (Mr. Smith),Official Report, column 15.
§ Mr. CohenTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will give further consideration to publication of his Department's inventory of fissile materials that are not currently in use in nuclear weapons.
§ Mr. AitkenIt would not be in the national interest to make public details of fissile material held for our nuclear weapons programme.