HC Deb 15 July 1986 vol 101 c491W
21. Mrs. Clwyd

asked the Secretary of State for Defence whether the force goal stating the requirement for modernisation of the United States proportional share of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation chemical deterrent with binary munitions has been formally adopted by the North Atlantic Council.

Mr. Stanley

Since France left the integrated military structure, all Alliance force planning has been conducted by the Defence Planning Committee, which is therefore the competent body for the adoption of NATO force goals. The meeting of the Defence Planning Committee in Ministerial Session on 22 May concluded the process of adopting the NATO Force Goals 1987–1992, including the chemical weapons force goal addressed to the United States.