§ 45. Mr. Frank Allaunasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will make a statement on Her Majesty's Government's policy regarding the forthcoming North Atlantic Treaty Organisation Council discussions in Washington in April; and if he will propose that the Council continue with its discussions of proposals for balanced, mutual troop reductions in conjunction with the Warsaw Pact countries.
§ Mr. M. StewartI hope that the North Atlantic Council meeting in Washington will reaffirm the need for the Alliance to continue to pursue its two main purposes; defence and détente. Mutual and balanced force reductions offer one of the possible avenues of advance in the search for détente. Analysis of the problems involved continues within the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation.