HC Deb 24 October 1995 vol 264 c593W
Mr. Llew Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what communications he has had with his French counterpart on nuclear testing since July. [36751]

Mr. Arbuthnot

Nuclear testing was one of a wide range of defence issues discussed by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State during his meeting with the French Defence Minister in Paris on 27 September.

Mr. Matthew Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what access the United Kingdom will have to information or data resulting from the current French nuclear testing programme. [38457]

Mr. Arbuthnot

The UK has neither asked for, nor been offered, information or data resulting from the current French nuclear test programme.