§ Mr. Alan SimpsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the plutonium contamination incident at AWE, Aldermaston on 15 December 1997; and if he will place in the Library copies of his Department's reports on this incident. [52160]
§ Mr. SpellarThis matter is currently the subject of a prosecution of the Atomic Weapons Establishment plc. and Hunting-BRAE Ltd., the Atomic Weapons Establishment's managing contractor, by the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate. The matter, is therefore, sub judice and I must withhold details under Exemption 4 of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information, relating to Law Enforcement and Legal Proceedings.