§ 22. Mr. Eldon Griffithsasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on his discussions with United States of America and other North Atlantic Treaty Organisation Ministers on the need for theatre nuclear weapons in Europe.
§ Mr. PymAt the defence planning committee in May and in subsequent meetings with Alliance Ministers I have made clear the Government's firm support for the need for NATO collectively to modernise its theatre nuclear weapons in Europe.