HC Deb 05 February 1988 vol 126 c768W
Mr. Flynn

To ask the Prime Minister (1) if, during her recent discussions with Chancellor Kohl, she raised questions of the modernisation programme for NATO nuclear weapons, in terms of the re-deployment of the nuclear warheads of Pershings I and II and cruise missiles within the context of the Montebello agreement of 1983;

(2) if, during her recent meeting with Chancellor Kohl, the issue of possible United Kingdom-France joint nuclear weapons development and deployment was raised, in the context of the responsibilities discharged by Her Majesty's Government under the nuclear non-proliferation treaty.

The Prime Minister

No.

Dr. Thomas

To ask the Prime Minister if, in her recent meetings with President Mitterrand and Ministers in the French Government, she discussed the implications of article I of the non-proliferation treaty of 1968 in future Anglo-French nuclear weapons collaboration.

The Prime Minister

No.