Weapons of Mass Destruction (Hansard, 13 April 2000)

HC Deb 13 April 2000 vol 348 c261W 261W

§ Mr. Llew Smith
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many weapons of mass destruction are held in the United Kingdom. [118537]

§ Mr. Hoon
I have nothing to add to the information on our minimum nuclear deterrent set out in the 1998 Strategic Defence Review.
The UK has no biological or chemical weapons. As made clear in the 1999 Ministry of Defence publication, "Defending Against the Threat from Biological and Chemical Weapons", the UK gave up its offensive biological and chemical capabilities in the 1950s. A copy of the publication is in the Library of the House.