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Mr. Janner
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what notification is given to local fire authorities prior to the transport of nuclear warheads or missiles through the centre of a city;(2) pursuant to his answer of 16 July,
Official Report, column 148, whether the local police force is warned in advance when a nuclear weapons convoy is to pass through their area of responsibility.
Mr. Archie Hamilton
Advance notice of the routes and timings of nuclear weapons convoys is kept to a strict minimum for security reasons. Nevertheless, liaison is maintained with those local police forces which might have such convoys passing through their area of responsibility.