§ Mr. William Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what new steps he intends to take to curtail and control the supply of conventional arms, especially to areas such as the Middle East.
§ Mr. Geome ThomsonHer Majesty's Government would welcome international agreement to control the traffic in arms and, in his speech to the United Nations General Assembly on 21st June, my right hon. Friend emphasised the imperative need for all the Powers supplying arms to the Middle East to reach an agreement on arms limitation as soon as possible.