To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the UK Government’s position is on the recent Chinese nuclear deal with Pakistan; what assessment she has made on whether the deal has any implications for nuclear proliferation; and if she will make a statement. (115278)

Chinese President Hu visited Pakistan last November. During talks in Islamabad he agreed with his Pakistani counterpart General Pervez Musharraf a number of defence and trade deals, but they stopped short of announcing a new nuclear deal. Instead, they said they would continue working on existing nuclear projects.