Defence written question – answered at on 19 January 2005.
Norman Baker
Liberal Democrat, Lewes
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make it his policy to require prior parliamentary approval of the placement of US interceptor missiles within British military bases.
Geoff Hoon
Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence
There has been no request from the United States Government to base interceptor missiles anywhere in the United Kingdom. It has not been the practice of successive administrations to seek parliamentary approval for decisions of this type. The Government would in any case seek to ensure that Parliament had adequate opportunity for debate on issues relating to missile defence.
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