§ Mr. Reidasked the Secretary of State for Defence (1) if he will make a statement on Recommendation 299 adopted by the Assembly of the Western European Union on 21st June proposing that the Council ensure a fuller application of the Brussels Treaty on the control of armaments, with particular regard to biological and chemical weapons, and a continuing exchange of information between the independent European programme group and the Standing Armaments Committee;
(2) if he will make a statement on Recommendation 300 adopted by the 87W Assembly of the Western European Union on 21st June, proposing that member Governments consider making a combined study of their civil and military aircraft programmes, with particular regard to developing a transport aircraft for use in either sector and that they continue to give high priority to European work on satellites.
§ Mr. JuddI have been asked to reply.
Recommendations of the Assembly of the Western European Union are addressed to the Permanent Council, which considers them and forward replies to the Assembly. Replies to the recommendations to which the hon. Gentleman refers will be put before the Assembly when it meets in Paris at the end of this month. The United Kingdom will have a shared responsibility for these replies, and I am sorry, therefore, that I cannot make any advance statement.