| Heading: |
Nuclear Weapons |
| Question ID: |
1744944 |
| UIN: |
HL2869 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2024-11-26 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5014 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Banner
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Lord Banner
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government whether the analysis of the implications of a nuclear attack, including a limited attack, on the United Kingdom set out in the Strath Report in 1955 has since been updated by a committee or body of equivalent standing; and |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2024-12-09 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4966 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Twycross
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Baroness Twycross
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| Answer text: |
The United Kingdom has well-developed contingency plans to respond to a wide range of eventualities, including nuclear attacks. The plans and supporting arrangements have been developed, refined and tested over many years.The scale of these capabilities i... |
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| Answering body ID: |
53 |
| Answering body name: |
Cabinet Office |
| Tweeted: |
true |