Written question asked by Lord Reid of Cardowan (Labour), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 2 November 1992. It was answered by Jonathan Aitken (Conservative) on Monday, 2 November 1992 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

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Ministry of Defence

Question

Pursuant to his Answer of 23rd October, Official Report, 212 column 403W, if he will provide details of the numbers and types of alternative technologies for proving nuclear warheads that his Department has been involved in working on; and what additional financial resources will be provided for such work in the future; & what alternatives to nuclear testing exist as means of developing new warheads.

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Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

213 c53-4W;213 c53W

Session

1992-93

Subjects

Defence Expenditure Nuclear weapons Procurement Research Testing