HC Deb 20 January 1976 vol 903 cc408-9W
36. Mr. Ioan Evans

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what Her Majesty's Government intend to do in 1976 to fulfil and encourage other States to fulfil Article VI of the Non-Proliferation Treaty; and what contribution they intend to make towards ending the arms race and preventing nuclear proliferation.

37. Mr. Newens

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what Her Majesty's Government intend to do in 1976 to fulfil and encourage other States to fulfil Article VI of the Non-Proliferation Treaty; and what contribution they intend to make towards ending the arms race and preventing nuclear proliferation.

38. Mr. Arthur Latham

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what Her Majesty's Government intend to do in 1976 to fulfil and encourage other States to fulfil Article VI of the Non-Proliferation Treaty; and what contribution they intend to make towards ending the arms race and preventing nuclear proliferation.

39. Mr. George Rodgers

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what Her Majesty's Government intend to do in 1976 to fulfil and encourage other States to fulfil Article VI of the Non-Proliferation Treaty; and what contribution they intend to make towards ending the arms race and preventing nuclear proliferation.

40. Mr. Robin F. Cook

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what Her Majesty's Government intend to do in 1976 to fulfil and encourage other States to fulfil Article VI of the Non-Proliferation Treaty; and what contribution they in-intend to make towards ending the arms race and preventing nuclear proliferation.

41. Miss Richardson

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what Her Majesty's Government intend to do in 1976 to fulfil and encourage other states to fulfil Article VI of the Non-Proliferation Treaty; and what contribution they intend to make towards ending the arms race and preventing nuclear proliferation.

Mr. Hattersley

We shall continue to pursue the goal of general and complete disarmament, including nuclear disarmament, through multi-lateral negotiation in all appropriate fora. There can be no doubt of Her Majesty's Government's commitment to prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons. In my right hon. Friend's speech to the United Nations General Assembly on 23rd September he proposed that a safeguards system should be prepared to give practical expression to the pledges made by many Governments not party to the NPT that they will not convert nuclear material from civil to military purposes. We shall be putting forward a resolution to this effect to the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency.