HC Deb 19 October 1999 vol 336 c419W
Mr. Cohen

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment his Department has made of the suitability for making nuclear weapons of the material currently being transported to Japan by BNFL. [93828]

Mr. Spellar

My Department has made an assessment of the suitability for making nuclear weapons of the material currently being transported to Japan by BNFL. The assessment was that the risk of this material being so used is very low.