§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the most recent visit to the United Kingdom of Soviet military inspectors under the intermediate nuclear forces agreement verification protocols; and what has been the cost to date of implementation of the 1987 intermediate nuclear forces agreement in the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydThe most recent visit to the United Kingdom by soviet inspectors under the intermediate nuclear forces treaty took place on 28 May 1991; RAF Greenham Common and RAF Molesworth were292W inspected. Treaty implementation costs in addition to the normal operating costs of the MOD are estimated to have been less than £40,000 since the treaty came into force.
§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representation the United Kingdom had at the United Nations conference on disarmament issues; and whether his Department will be assisting in the distribution of material arising from the conference.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydI assume that the hon. Member is referring to the United Nations conference on disarmament issues which took place in Kyoto, Japan from 27–30 May. A senior official of the Ministry of Defence attended, in a personal capacity. We have taken careful note of his report of the discussions at the conference. The public distribution of material arising out of the conference is a matter for the United Nations.