HC Deb 03 December 1986 vol 106 c646W
20. Mr. Strang

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if Her Majesty's Government have any evidence that the Soviet Union has contravened the moratorium on nuclear weapons testing which it initiated in August 1985; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Renton

No.

79. Mr. George Robertson

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is his policy towards the elimination of all nuclear weapons by 1996.

Sir Geoffrey Howe

My right hon. Friend the Prime Minister and President Reagan agreed at their meeting at Camp David on 15 November that NATO's strategy of forward defence and flexible response would continue to require effective nuclear deterrence based on a mix of systems.

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