§ 16. Mr. Frank Allaunasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the response of Her Majesty's Government to the proposal by Mr. Gromyko on 1 October at the United Nations for a ban on all nuclear test explosions.
§ Mr. HurdThe Government wish to see the Committee on Disarmament in Geneva continue its examination of the outstanding issues of verification and compliance for a comprehensive test ban. We do not believe that Mr. Gromyko's proposals, reflecting only that measure of agreement achieved in the 1977–80 trilateral negotiations, help to resolve those issues.