Written question asked by Ann Clwyd (Labour) on Thursday, 20 July 2000, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 26 July 2000. It was answered by Geoffrey Hoon (Labour) on Wednesday, 26 July 2000 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Ministry of Defence

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer, of 27th June 2000, Official Report, 352 c433W, on the Missile Defence System, what criteria the UK will use to determine its response should the United States choose to make a request for assistance in the deployment of a nuclear missile defence system.

Answer: Ann Clwyd: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his answer of 27 June 2000, Official Report, column 433W, on the Missile Defence System, what criteria the UK will use to determine its response should the United States choose to make a request for assistance in the deployment of a nuclear missile defence system. [132566] Mr. Hoon: We have made clear we would consider any request carefully in light of the circumstances at the time, taking into account relevant factors including the implications for UK defence. However, we do not yet know whether, or in what circumstances, we might receive such a request, so it is too early to indicate in more detail how or on what basis we might respond.

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