United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 2732
Christmas Island: Nuclear Weapons
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20 November 2023
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28 November 2023 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information his Department holds on whether islanders were displaced in order for the UK to test nuclear weapons on Kiritimati.
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20 November 2023
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information his Department holds on whether islanders were displaced in order for the UK to test nuclear weapons on Kiritimati.
Source: Commons
28 November 2023
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At the time it was selected for nuclear tests, Kiritimati was uninhabited, although indigenous people from the surrounding islands came to Kiritimati to work under the British authorities or on copra plantations. Historic records show these citizens were ...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-11-20/2732
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1671591
- uk · wq-1671591 · source updated 28 November 2023