Lord Judd asked Her Majesty's Government: What action they are taking together with other nuclear weapon states to honour their commitments under Article VI of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons to move towards disarmament and to undertake specific measures to fulfil those commitments. [HL1289]
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Parliamentary question: US-UK Mutual Defence Agreement
Angus Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when the last transfer of nuclear material between the United States and Britain under the Mutual Defence Agreement took place; and if he will make a statement. [214246]
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Mr. Hoon: The 1958 Mutual Defence Agreement makes provision for the transfer of special nuclear materials. Such transfers are in connection with nuclear warhead assurance and stockpile stewardship matters. Precise details of such transfers are being withheld in order to safeguard national security.
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Parliamentary question: Trident (comms)
Angus Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment his Department has made of the use of satellites for extremely high frequency communications with Trident nuclear submarines; which satellites his Department plans to use for extremely high frequency communications with Trident nuclear submarines; and if he will make a statement on his Department's assessment of the importance of extremely high frequency communications with Trident nuclear submarines. [214373]
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Parliamentary answer: Trident Missiles
The Secretary of State for Defence (Mr. Geoffrey Hoon): The current estimate of the total acquisition cost of the Trident programme, with payments already made expressed at the prices and exchange rates actually incurred and future spend at the current financial year exchange rate (the hybrid) estimate, is now £9,804 million. Leaving aside the effects of price inflation and exchange rate variation there has been a cost increase of £3 million which reflects adjustments to the final outturn costs in the submarine area.
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Parliamentary question: AWE balance sheet
11 Jan 2005 : Column 373W, Written Answers to Questions, Defence, Atomic Weapons Establishment
Mr. Keith Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the balance sheet value of the Atomic Weapons Establishment in the books of his Department was as at 31 March; what the carrying charge and applicable depreciation for that establishment is in the current year; and for what reasons his Department is investing a further £467 million in that establishment. [206603]
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Scottish Parliament: submarine decommissioning
Submarine Decommissioning
4. Mr Mark Ruskell (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Green): To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it has made to the Ministry of Defence about whether the decision on the acceptability of the proposals for decommissioning
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FOR THE ATOMIC WEAPONS ESTABLISHMENT (AWE) ALDERMASTONNotice of Proposed Development (NoPD)
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List of UK X and Z Berths
In November 2000, responding to a question in the House of Commons, the Ministry of Defence provided a list of the locations of all berths suitable for nuclear submarines in Britain and other UK administered territories. Below is the information as published in Hansard.
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List of the locations of X and Z berths
House of Commons, Written Questions
14 Nov 2000 : Column: 575W
Mr. Cohen: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the number and locations of (a) X berths and (b) Z berths available to his Department. [137691]
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Hansard on AWE Aldermaston safety
Mr. Rendel: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the criteria against which the applications for the new contract to run AWE Aldermaston were assessed. [113668]
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Hansard on Trident Jan – Feb 2000
Trident shiplift, crewing, Franco-British Co-operation, Trident in Gibraltar and Brest. House of Commons, Written Questions 10 Jan 2000 : Column: 92W Faslane Shiplift Mr. Key: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence on how many occasions since 19 June the shiplift at Faslane has been used by (a) submarines and (b) surface ships; and if he will make a statement. [103411] Mr.