HC Deb 01 June 1998 vol 313 c152W
Mr. Llew Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when Her Majesty's Government first learned that India was about to test nuclear weapons this year. [43451]

Mr. Fatchett

We first learned of the Indian nuclear tests from the Indian Government's statements to the press on 11 May and on 13 May, announcing that the tests had been conducted.