§ Mr. Wallasked the Lord Privy Seal on how many occasions the Brussels treaty has been amended since its signature in 1948.
§ Mr. LuceThe treaty of economic, social and cultural collaboration and collective self-defence, signed at Brussels on 17 March 1948, which came into force on 25 August 1948, has been modified by four protocols. These 93W were signed at Brussels on 23 October 1954 and came into force on 6 May 1955. The effect of the protocols was to modify and extend the Brussels treaty to include the Federal Republic of Germany and Italy. They are:
- Protocol Modifying and completing the Brussels treaty;
- Protocol No. II on Forces of Western European Union (and Agreement on implementing Article V thereof);
- Protocol No. III on the Control of Armaments (this protocol has been amended six times);
- Protocol No. IV on the Agency of Western European Union for the Control of Armaments.