HC Deb 26 March 1957 vol 567 c104W
72. Mr. Awbery

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what further steps he proposes to take in the United Nations to prevent future experiments in the development of nuclear weapons.

Commander Noble

Her Majesty's Government seek to bring about the cessation of experiments in the development of nuclear weapons under proper safeguards and effective international control as part of a comprehensive disarmament agreement. The Anglo-French disarmament plan of March, 1956, provides for the prohibition, at an appropriate stage of disarmament, of the testing, manufacture and use of nuclear weapons. I cannot pre-judge the course of the negotiations in the Disarmament Sub-Committee, but Her Majesty's Government will continue in that body their efforts to secure agreement.