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How much radio-active material remains in the Carlisle area as a result of dumping following the British nuclear tests in the Pacific. - No such material was ever sent to the Carlisle area.

Asked by
Eric Martlew (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
8 November 1995
Reference
42162; 265 c871W
House
House of Commons

If he will make it his policy that the United Kingdom Government will decline to receive, consider or make use of any information or data resulting from the current French nuclear testing programme; and if the United Kingdom Government has, at any time, made this its policy.

Asked by
Alan Simpson (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
7 November 1995
Reference
265 c661W; 41494;41495
House
House of Commons

On how many occasions, and on what dates, aircraft carrying (a) supplies and (b) nuclear materials to the French nuclear test site at Mururoa Atoll in the South Pacific have been authorised to use United Kingdom airspace since June of this current year. - I know of no such flights...

Asked by
Robin Cook (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
7 November 1995
Reference
265 c661W; 42064
House
House of Commons

What assessment has been made since 1965 by the Meteorological Office of the fallout pattern of radioactive debris arising from the French atmospheric weapon tests conducted in the Algerian Sahara desert between 1960 and 1966; and if he will comment on what (a) public protection and (b) information measures have...

Asked by
Llew Smith (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
6 November 1995
Reference
40258; 265 c587W
House
House of Commons

What tests have been performed on rifle ammunition purchased from the Portuguese firm INDEP to determine their failure rate; what was the failure rate of the ammunition; what is his Department's standard failure rate of rifle ammunition; if his Department has encountered any technical problems with the ammunition; and if...

Asked by
Lord Clark of Windermere (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
6 November 1995
Reference
41568; 265 c584W
House
House of Commons

What information or data Her Majesty's Government has received from French nuclear tests conducted at (a) Reganne in 1965-66, (b) Mururoa in 1966 to the present, (c) Fangataufa since 1966 in regard to Euratom Treaty Articles 34 or 35. - None.

Asked by
Llew Smith (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
1 November 1995
Reference
40593; 265 c326-7W;265 c326W
House
House of Commons

What information he has received or he expects to receive from the French Government on the current nuclear tests at Mururoa Atoll; and to what use he expects to put such information. - Ref to 264 c587W.

Asked by
Paul Flynn (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
30 October 1995
Reference
39823; 265 c91W
House
House of Commons

If he will comment in respect of the United Kingdom resuming its nuclear test programme should the United States Government cease its moratorium on nuclear testing.

Asked by
Martin Redmond (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
30 October 1995
Reference
39574; 265 c84W
House
House of Commons

What instructions or advice his Department has given to the National Radiological Protection Board regarding the storage and safekeeping of records, including computerised data, which arose from or related to its study into the effects of radiation on the veterans of British nuclear tests; what instructions he has issued to...

Asked by
Gordon McMaster (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
30 October 1995
Reference
39212; 265 c81W
House
House of Commons

Pursuant to his letter of 18th July, if he will take action to correct the Blue book data reference S-0514906 relating to former Corporal J. D. Wilson's presence at British nuclear tests to include Grapple X with Grapple Y and to exclude reference to Grapple Z; and if he will...

Asked by
Lord Rooker (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
26 October 1995
Reference
37749; 264 c769W;264 c779W
House
House of Commons

If he will make it his policy to commission a suitable national memorial to the British veterans of nuclear and atomic tests carried out since 1950; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by
Gordon McMaster (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
26 October 1995
Reference
39221; 264 c767W;264 c777W
House
House of Commons

If it is his policy that the National Radiological Protection Board should continue its study into the effects of radiation on veterans of British nuclear tests; what proposals he has to assist them. - We have no plans to sponsor any further studies.

Asked by
Gordon McMaster (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
25 October 1995
Reference
39213; 264 c660-1W;264 c670W
House
House of Commons

What discussions his Department has had with representatives of foreign governments who pay and have paid compensation to veterans of nuclear tests; what conclusion he has drawn as to the reasons they have decided to take such action.

Asked by
Gordon McMaster (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
25 October 1995
Reference
39209; 264 c661W;264 c671W
House
House of Commons

What is his estimate of the number of veterans of British nuclear tests who were alive at the start of the study conducted into the effects of radiation on them by the National Radiological Protection Board; what is his estimate of the number still alive. - Inc figs.

Asked by
Gordon McMaster (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
25 October 1995
Reference
39214; 264 c659-60W;264 c669-70W
House
House of Commons

What is his Department's policy on the study by the National Radiological Protection Board into the effects of radiation on veterans of British nuclear tests; what instructions, advice and guidance he has given to the NRPB on the continuation of its study since the publication of its latest report.

Asked by
Gordon McMaster (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
25 October 1995
Reference
39215; 264 c660W;264 c670W
House
House of Commons

What categories of written or recorded oral evidence, computerised data and other information gathered by the National Radiological Protection Board before, during and after its study into the effects of radiation on veterans of British nuclear tests is available for public inspection; what categories are not available for public inspection;...

Asked by
Gordon McMaster (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
25 October 1995
Reference
39211; 264 c660W;264 c670W
House
House of Commons

What communications he has had with his French counterpart on nuclear testing since July.

Asked by
Llew Smith (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
24 October 1995
Reference
36751; 264 c587W;264 c593W
House
House of Commons

What access the United Kingdom will have to information or data resulting from the current French nuclear testing programme.

Asked by
Lord Taylor of Goss Moor (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
24 October 1995
Reference
38457; 264 c587W;264 c593W
House
House of Commons
When he next plans to have discussions with his colleagues on the Council of Ministers of the Western European Union about the future of European security.
Asked by
Jack Thompson (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Date
24 October 1995
Reference
264 c813-4
House
House of Commons
Answered by
Michael Portillo (Conservative)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
24 October 1995
Reference
264 c813-4
House
House of Commons