§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what representations he has received from serving and retired military personnel cautioning against the expansion of NATO to include Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic. [41587]
§ Mr. George RobertsonI and other Ministers regularly receive representations relating to European security issues from individuals and groups in all walks of life, expressing a variety of views. I am confident that the accession to NATO of the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland is in the best interests of the Alliance and of European security as a whole.