HC Deb 11 December 1984 vol 69 cc426-7W
21. Mr. Fisher

asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will support the deployment of space-based anti-ballistic missile technology should it prove technically feasible.

35. Mr. Boyes

asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will support the deployment of a space-based anti-ballistic missile technology should it prove technically feasible.

Mr. Stanley

The United Kingdom is consulting closely with the United States and other allies on the current research programmes by the United States of America and the Soviet Union into ballistic missile defence systems. Decisions on deployment are some years away.