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Written Question
Nuclear Weapons: Testing
Tuesday 16th January 2024

Asked by: John Baron (Conservative - Basildon and Billericay)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the oral contribution made by the Minister for Defence People and Families on 28 November 2023 to the debate on Nuclear Test Veterans: Medical Records, Official Report, column 245WH, when he plans to report back on the files from the Atomic Weapons Establishment.

Answered by Andrew Murrison

As I set out in Ministry of Defence Oral Questions on 8 January, to the hon. Member for South Shields (900886), I remain committed to reviewing the documents in the very near future where I will personally assess them and consider their release into the public domain.

I will then personally assess them and consider their release into the public domain,

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 19 May 2022
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 19 May 2022
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 19 May 2022
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 19 May 2022
NATO and International Security

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 19 May 2022
NATO and International Security

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 09 Mar 2022
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 09 Mar 2022
Defence Supplementary Estimate 2021-22

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 09 Mar 2022
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