Mr. Churchill

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how close the USSR's nuclear-powered COSMOS 954 reconnaissance satellite came to the shores of the United Kingdom in its final orbits; what advance notice he had of its impending crash; and what forces with proper equipment would have been available to deal with the situation in the event of the satellite's coming down in a major centre of population or elsewhere within the United Kingdom.

Mr. Merlyn Rees

I would refer the hon. Member to the reply given to his similar Question yesterday by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs.

HC Deb 03 February 1978 vol 943 cc338-9W
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