HC Deb 24 June 1994 vol 245 c339W
Mr. Cox

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many member states of the European Union have totally independent military nuclear weapons.

Mr. Heathcoat-Amory

Two—the United Kingdom and France. The United Kingdom's nuclear forces are assigned to NATO but remain at all times under the control of the British Government.

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