HC Deb 29 January 1985 vol 72 c154W
20. Sir William van Straubenzee

asked the Secretary of State for Defence on what date the United Kingdom ceased to stockpile chemical weapons.

Mr. Heseltine

The United Kingdom unilaterally abandoned chemical weapons in the late 1950s.

43. Mr. Marlow

asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on Government policy to counteract the chemical threat from the Warsaw pact.

Mr. Heseltine

I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave earlier today to my hon. Friends the Members for Ealing, North (Mr. Greenway) and for Billericay (Mr. Proctor).

44. Mr. Kirkwood

asked the Secretary of State for Defence whether there are any stocks of chemical weapons at United States bases in Great Britain.

Mr. Heseltine

No.