The Atomic Weapons Establishment, which makes and maintains warheads for the UK's Trident nuclear deterrent, today admitted putting employees at risk.
Failings in safety procedures led to one member of staff being injured...
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The Acronym Institute monitors news and developments on nuclear weapons policy in the UK Parliament. Parliamentary Records are excerpts of questions and debates in Parliament that are published by Hansard (the official report of proceedings of the House of Commons and the House of Lords) and are reproduced in brief on the Acronym Institute website along with a link to the original reference in Hansard.
HofC Written Answers to Questions, Defence: Staff 25 April 2013, Column 1282W
Mr Kevan Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which private companies are contractually employed by his Department for work relating to the nuclear deterrent and the Vanguard Successor Class submarine programme; and how many people are (a) directly and (b) indirectly employed as a...
HofC Oral Answers to Questions, Foreign & Commonwealth Office: Topical Questions 23 April 2013, Column 761
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd) (PC): Recently, the Prime Minister made the very eccentric contention that North Korean missiles could reach the shores of the UK, apparently in an attempt to bolster support for Trident’s renewal. Is it not time to scrap the Trident renewal, save...
HofC Written Answers to Questions, Deputy Prime Minister: Trident 22 April 2013, Column 646W
Mr Ainsworth: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what consultation he has had with (a) the defence industry and (b) other external experts as part of the Trident Alternatives Review. [152379]
Danny Alexander: I have been asked to reply as the Minister responsible for the Trident Alternatives...
HofC Oral Answers to Questions, Defence: Arms Trade Teaty 15 April 2013, Column 7
Sandra Osborne (Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock) (Lab): If he will provide an update on progress on the arms trade treaty.
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence (Mr Philip Dunne): As the hon. Lady will now know, on Tuesday 2 April the arms trade treaty was adopted by an...
Hof C Written Ministerial Statements, Foreign & Commonwealth Office: North Korea 15 April 2013, Column 17WS
The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Mr William Hague): I would like to update the House on recent developments on the Korean peninsula and the action the Government are taking in response.
I am concerned by North Korea’s development of nuclear weapons and...
HofL Written Answers to Questions, Nuclear Weapons 21 March 2013, Column WA182
Question asked by Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Warsi on 25 February (WA 251-2) whether they sent a delegate to the conference on the humanitarian impact of nuclear weapons in Oslo on 4 and 5 March, and...
HofC Written Answers to Questions, Foreign & Commonwealth Office: Iran 21 March 2013, Column 778W
Jack Lopresti: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent reports he has received on Iranian production of plutonium at Arak.
Alistair Burt: Consecutive quarterly reports of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), including their most recent...
HofC Written Answer to Questions, Foreign & Commonwealth Office: Nuclear Weapons 11 March 2013, Column 55W
Katy Clark: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs for what reason the Government did not send a representative to the Oslo Conference on the Consequence of Nuclear Weapons Use. [146773]
Alistair Burt: After careful consideration, the Government decided not to...
HofC Written Answer to Questions, Internationnal Development: Developing Countries: Poverty 11 March 2013, Column 86W
Bob Stewart: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent representations she has made to those countries in receipt of UK aid, and which possess nuclear weapons systems, to increase their efforts to eradicate poverty amongst their own populations. [146845]
Mr...
HofC Written Answer to Questions, Cabinet Office: Blood 7 March 2013, Column 1139W
Paul Flynn: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what assessment he has made of the effect on the distribution and availability of blood services in the event of a nuclear weapon being exploded in or near a UK city with a population of more than 500,000. [146224]
Anna Soubry: I have...