§ 56. Mr. M. Footasked the Lord Privy Seal what further increase in the West German armed forces, supported by Her Majesty's Government, were made possible by the recent alteration in the Brussels Treaty; and whether there is now any limit to those forces under the Brussels Treaty.
§ Mr. HeathFull details of the increases made possible by the recent amendment of the Brussels Treaty were given in my reply of 31st May to a Question by my hon. Friend the Member for Battersea, South (Mr. Partridge). As regards the second part of the hon. Gentleman's Question, the levels of stocks of all German major weapons, as well as the maximum size of the German Armed Forces, are controlled by the Treaty, which also limits the manufacture in the Federal German Republic of a wide range of conventional weapons. In addition, the Treaty contains an irrevocable declaration by the Federal Republic that it will never manufacture atomic, biological or chemical weapons on Federal territory.