§ Dr. Julian LewisTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether his Department received copies of a nuclear safety report by John Connor in(a) June and (b) November 2002; and what evaluation has been made of its contents. [170228]
§ Mr. Ingram[holding answer 6 May 2004]: In 1998 Mr. Connor submitted a report which was, effectively, a summary of correspondence that had taken place between him and the Ministry of Defence during the previous 20 months.
In 1999 he submitted an update which, after review, was found to be substantially the same and Mr. Connor was informed that nothing could be added to the MOD's previous exchanges with him. Mr. Connor submitted further updates in November 2000 and June 2002. Again, these did not include any new issues and, as Mr. Connor was aware from previous correspondence that the MOD would not engage further with him unless new issues of substance were raised, a response was not warranted.