§ Llew SmithTo ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his oral statement of 1 July 2002,Official Report, column 21, on G7 nuclear management aid for Russia, how much of the %750 million commitment by the United Kingdom will be spent on the conversion of surplus military plutonium into MOX nuclear fuel for Russia's nuclear power programme. [68451]
§ The Prime MinisterThe figure includes the commitment of £70 million over 10 years, which I announced at the G8 Okinawa summit in 2000, in support of the US/Russian agreement on secure disposition of plutonium no longer required for defence purposes.