§ Mr. Hooleyasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps will be taken by the United Kingdom to bring to a successful conclusion the Madrid conference on security and co-operation in Europe meeting; and, in particular, what view Her Majesty's Government take of the draft agreement submitted in 1981 by the neutral and non-aligned countries.
§ Mr. RifkindThe United Kingdom will participate fully in the work of the conference to review the implementation of the Helsinki final act, and to consider158W new measures. We hope that it will be possible to adopt a substantive and balanced concluding document covering all areas of the final act. Her Majesty's Government consider the draft agreement proposed by the neutral and non-aligned countries to be a useful point of departure for the elaboration of such a concluding document.