§ 47. Mr. Warbeyasked the Prime Minister if he will propose at the Summit Conference that all four Powers shall make a declaration that none of them will ever be the first to make use of nuclear weapons against any of the others.
§ 49. Mr. Swinglerasked the Prime Minister if he will propose to the Summit Conference a declaration by all Powers possessing nuclear weapons and bases that they will never be the first to use nuclear weapons.
§ Mr. R. A. ButlerI have been asked to reply.
No. Such a declaration without any control measures to ensure compliance would be valueless.
§ 48. Mr. Harold Daviesasked the Prime Minister if, as a token of Great Britain's earnestness at the Summit Conference, he will give orders that all patrol flights from or to bases in Great Britain of aircraft carrying hydrogen bombs or atom bombs shall cease for the duration of the summit talks.
§ Mr. R. A. ButlerI have been asked to reply.
No. The circumstances in which aircraft using British bases may occasionally carry nuclear weapons have been fully explained to the House and we see no need to make any change at this time.