HC Deb 23 April 2001 vol 367 c97W
Mr. Corbyn

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the nature was of the cargo sent from AWE Aldermaston to Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico via RAF Brize Norton and Kirtland Airforce Base in Albuquerque on 2 April. [158097]

Mr. Hoon

I am withholding the details under Exemption 1 of the Code of Practice on Access to Government.

Mr. Corbyn

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement about the relationship between the nuclear weapons laboratories at Aldermaston and Los Alamos. [158099]

Mr. Hoon

The laboratories continue to enjoy a close working relationship on nuclear weapons science and technology under the terms of the 1958 US/UK Mutual Defence Agreement.