HC Deb 19 March 1980 vol 981 c201W
Mr. Hooley

asked the Lord Privy Seal what progress is being made in the current round of negotiations on chemical warfare arms limitation in Geneva.

Mr. Hurd

Negotiations on chemical weapons between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics resumed in February. In the Committee on Disarmament, a working group on chemical weapons has just been established and will meet during the present session.