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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2018-07-03more like thismore than 2018-07-03
answering body
Ministry of Defence more like this
answering dept id 11 more like this
answering dept short name Defence more like this
answering dept sort name Defence more like this
hansard heading Veterans: Radiation Exposure more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information his Department holds on the alpha radiation contamination on Christmas Island during the UK nuclear tests in the 1950s and 1960s. more like this
tabling member constituency West Bromwich East more like this
tabling member printed
Tom Watson remove filter
uin 160136 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2018-07-11more like thismore than 2018-07-11
answer text <p>Alpha radiation was not routinely measured to monitor the environment because measuring beta and gamma radiation was more efficient.</p><p>Alpha monitoring equipment was held at Christmas Island as a contingency in the event of an accident, but was never required.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Bournemouth East more like this
answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood more like this
question first answered
less than 2018-07-11T14:24:29.813Zmore like thismore than 2018-07-11T14:24:29.813Z
answering member
1487
label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood more like this
tabling member
1463
label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest more like this