§ Mr. Barronasked the Secretary of State for Defence if the arms control unit of his Department will publicly report its findings.
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§ Mr. StanleyThe work of the defence arms control unit represents advice to Ministers which will be regarded as confidential in the normal way. The Government's arms control policies, on which the Foreign and Commonwealth Office retains the lead responsibility, will continue to be set out in Government documents and ministerial statements as appropriate, including, as necessary, in the Statement on the Defence Estimates.