NUCLEAR WEAPONS (NON- PROLIFERATION TREATY) (Hansard, 18 July 1968)

HC Deb 18 July 1968 vol 768 c269W 269W

§ Q2. Mr. Molloy
asked the Prime Minister if he will now make a statement on progress towards the achievement of a Non-Proliferation Treaty.

§ The Prime Minister
As I told my hon. Friend the Member for Hampstead (Mr. Whitaker) on 9th July, some 60 States signed the Treaty on 1st July when it was opened for signature. Since then four more countries have signed the Treaty and one country, the Republic of Ireland, has ratified it.—[Vol. 768, c. 211–12.]