HL Deb 15 July 1996 vol 574 c40WA
Lord Kennet

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether tritium will be included in the materials banned by a future fissile material cut-off.

Baroness Chalker of Wallasey

Formal negotiations to conclude a treaty banning the future production of fissile material for explosive purposes (Fissile Material Cut-Off Treaty) have not yet begun. However, tritium is not a fissile material and it will not, therefore, be treated as such in a fissile material cut-off treaty.