HC Deb 11 July 1979 vol 970 c187W
15. Mr. Stoddart

asked the Lord Privy Seal if he will raise in the United Nations Security Council as a threat to world peace the development of nuclear weapons by Pakistan.

Mr. Hurd

We view very seriously reports that Pakistan has started to construct unsafeguarded uranium enrichment facilities which could produce material for a nuclear explosive device. We do not, however, believe that recourse to the Security Council would be the best way of tackling this problem.

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