HC Deb 03 May 1971 vol 816 cc269-70W
Mr. Frank Allaun

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the work of the Research Department on Disarmament at the Foreign Office and on any published papers, proposals or recommendations it has produced.

Mr. Kershaw

The Arms Control and Disarmament Research Unit studies specialised, and longer-term, problems of the control, limitation and reduction of armaments; and makes available the results of its research to those officially concerned with the day-to-day conduct of British policy in this field. The Unit's studies necessarily incorporate confidential material and are themselves confidential.