§ 31. Mr. Michael McNair-Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement about current United Kingdom proposals for arms limitation.
§ Mr. HurdBritain and its NATO allies hve proposed the complete elimination of a whole class of nuclear missile including the SS20 and the cruise missile. We have also strongly supported the United States proposal for significant cuts in strategic ballistic missiles and their warheads. Britain contributed to the new Western proposals tabled last year in the Vienna talks on mutual and balanced force reductions. We continue to seek a ban on chemical weapons based on the proposals we made last year. We hope for real progress in these discussions. Agreement would make an important contribution to the peace and stability of the world.
The Government are publishing a leaflet about British arms control initiatives, and I am placing a copy in the Library of the House.