§ Mr. Michael Brownasked the Secretary of State for Defence what consultations he has had with the United Kingdom's NATO allies over the siting for cruise and Pershing II missiles in Europe.
§ Mr. PymAt the defence planning committee in May and in subsequent meetings with my Alliance colleagues I have had full and extensive consultations on the need for modernised NATO long-range theatre nuclear forces to be based in Europe. The Alliance expects to reach final decisions on this by the end of the year.