HC Deb 30 March 1999 vol 328 cc563-4W
Mr. Hancock

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what action he proposes to take in response to Recommendation 1382 (1998) of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe concerning the drawing up of a European code of conduct on arms sales. [78874]

Mr. Tony Lloyd

Recommendation 1382 (1998) calls for a number of actions by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe. The Committee of Ministers has instructed the Ad Hoc Committee of Legal Advisers on Public International Law to prepare an opinion on the Recommendation. It is our understanding that there will be no further consideration of the Recommendation by the Committee until the opinion has been received.

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