HC Deb 22 June 1967 vol 748 c332W
66. Mr. Helfer

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affiairs what steps are being taken by him to raise before the United Nations Security Council the need to ban the sale of all arms to the Middle East countries by the great powers in particular; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. George Thomson

As my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs said in reply to my hon. Friend on 8th June, one of the elements in a solution of the Middle East problem must be a limitation and control of the supply of armaments to this area of the world.

In his speech to the United Nations General Assembly yesterday my right hon. Friend emphasised that an essential feature of any long-term settlement must be an effective agreement on arms limitation.