Mr. RobertsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) if he has received any communication from the French Government indicating whether French binary chemical weapons will be stored outside France;
(2) if he has had any communication from the United States Government indicating whether the production of United States binary chemical weapons is due to commence;
(3) if he has had any communication from the French Government indicating whether the production of French binary chemical weapons has begun.
§ Mr. EggarWe have received no communication from either the United States or French Governments about the production or storage of French binary chemical weapons.
Mr. RobertsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the impact on the production of new chemical weapons by the United States of America and France of current negotiations at Geneva.
§ Mr. EggarWe and all our NATO allies remain committed to a comprehensive and verifiable global ban on chemical weapons. There has been encouraging progress this year in the chemical weapons negotiations at the conference on disarmament in Geneva.