HC Deb 03 February 1982 vol 17 c151W
17. Mr. Ioan Evans

asked the Lord Privy Seal what recent proposals have been made by Her Majesty's Government to the United Nations regarding disarmament and arms control.

Mr. Hurd

At the last session of the Committee on Disarmament the Government tabled, with four other Governments, a draft of a comprehensive programme of disarmament. At the United Nations General Assembly the Government, as President of the European Community, played a major part in securing the adoption of resolutions calling for negotiations to prohibit chemical weapons and to forestall an arms race in outer space.