§ Mr. Eldon Griffithsasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what new proposals Her Majesty's Government intend to make to the Geneva disarmament conference when it reconvenes next month.
§ Mr. MulleyI would refer the hon. Member to my statement on 19th June. Her Majesty's Government regard the Non-Proliferation Treaty as the essential first step in achieving the end of the nuclear arms race and progress towards general and complete disarmament. We shall press at the 18-Nation Disarmament Committee for urgent work to be done on further measures in the nuclear field, to follow up the Treaty, and also on conventional disarmament problems. A priority in this latter connexion is the need to see what can be done in regard to chemical and biological weapons.— [Vol. 766, c. 1108–1109.]