HC Deb 18 February 1981 vol 999 c123W
18. Mr. Freeson

asked the Lord Privy Seal if he will seek to have an arms limitation clause written into the European Economic Community initiative on the Middle East.

Sir Ian Gilmour

Arms limitation measures may help to reinforce a comprehensive peace settlement and could form part of the guarantees in which the members of the Community are ready to participate. To be effective they would need to be agreed between all the parties concerned and by the international Community as a whole.

30. Mr. Mikardo

asked the Lord Privy Seal when Her Majesty's Government intends to publish the various options proposed in the Luxembourg paper as a possible solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict.

Sir Ian Gilmour

We have no plans to publish the Luxembourg paper, which is confidential.

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