Question follow-through · 14915
Veterans: Radiation Exposure
To ask the Solicitor General, if she will make a comparative assessment of the testimony given to the High Court during AB and others v. Ministry of Defence (2009) and records released by the Atomic Weapons Establishment relating to nuclear test veterans
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Attorney General
- Tabled
- 19 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 21 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 27 Nov 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment · 23 Jun 2026
- Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness · 23 Jun 2026
- Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 · 22 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
19 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Solicitor General, if she will make a comparative assessment of the testimony given to the High Court during AB and others v. Ministry of Defence (2009) and records released by the Atomic Weapons Establishment relating to nuclear test veterans
21 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
27 Nov 2024
Answer published
Paragraph 21.27 of Erskine May states:“By long-standing convention, observed by successive Governments, the fact of, and substance of advice from, the law officers of the Crown is not disclosed outside government. This convention is referred to in paragra...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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