§ Mr. KeetchTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to his answer of 30 October 2003,Official Report, column 320W, on weapons of mass destruction, from which parts of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty the Government derived the conclusion that the UK and other nuclear weapons states are legally entitled to possess nuclear weapons; and if he will make a statement. [139421]
§ Mr. HoonAs defined in Article 9(3) of the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty, the United Kingdom is recognised as one of the five nuclear weapon states.
§ Mr. KeetchTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he has made of the cost to the United Kingdom of(a) housing United States nuclear weapons and (b) the planned modernisation of storage facilities for United States nuclear weapons in the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement. [139679]
§ Mr. HoonAll costs associated with the United States visiting forces based in the United Kingdom are subject to confidential cost sharing arrangements between the UK and US Governments. I am therefore withholding the information requested under Exemption 1 (defence, security and international relations) of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information.