HC Deb 23 February 1982 vol 18 c358W
46. Dr. Mawhinney

asked the Lord Privy Seal whether he has taken any recent steps to advance multilateral disarmament.

Mr. Humphrey Atkins

The Government play an active part in the multilateral negotiations for mutual and balanced force reductions in Central Europe, for a conference on disarmament in Europe, and in he committee on disarmament in Geneva, where on 18 February we launched a fresh initiative on chemical weapons. In addition, we played a full part in the preparations for the United States-USSR negotiations on intermediate range nuclear forces which resumed last month.

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