§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Prime Minister if Her Majesty's Government will seek assurances from the United States Government that Spacelab will be used only for peaceful purposes, in particular with respect to (a) the use of (i) hardware for scientific experiments to be granted to the United States air force and (ii) prototypes that might eventually be used under military operational conditions and (b) the training of military astronauts.
§ The Prime MinisterThe agreement between the United States and European Governments on Spacelab already obliges the United States Government
to use the first Spacelab developed in Europe as an element integrated with the Space Shuttle system for the peaceful exploration and use of outer space",and on all parties forthe use of the Space Shuttle and Spacelab systems for peaceful purposes".