§ Q10. Mr. Philip Noel-Bakerasked the Prime Minister what proposals he has made to the President of the United States of America and the Head of the Soviet Government for compromise between the Draft Treaties of Disarmament laid before the Committee of 18 in 1962 by the United States and Soviet delegations.
§ The Prime MinisterThere has been no detailed international negotiation on116W an agreement for general and complete disarmament since the Eighteen Nation Disarmament Committee at Geneva went into recess last September. The Geneva Conference is expected to resume very shortly and I hope it will then take a fresh look at the complex problems involved in general and complete disarmament. We shall have constructive contributions to make.