§ Mr. FearnTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what research his Department has carried out into verification of chemical weaponry.
§ Mr. Ian StewartResearch is carried out at the chemical defence establishment into the detection and identification of chemical warfare agents. This work is part of the United Kingdom's programme to provide effective measures of protection for United Kingdom forces, and is also relevant to the development of methods and procedures to provide effective verification of a CW ban. In addition, the United Kingdom has contributed significantly to the thinking of the conference on disarmament on verification, for example, in the development of the concept of challenge inspection.