HC Deb 25 July 1984 vol 64 c694W
22. Mr. Warren

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what initiatives have been taken by his Department on chemical weapons since January at the conference on disarmament in Geneva.

Mr. Luce

The United Kingdom continues to play a leading role in negotiations at the Geneva conference on disarmament to ban all chemical weapons. On 14 February, I introduced important proposals on challenge inspection in cases of suspected non-compliance. On 12 July our delegation tabled a further working paper on arrangements to monitor the manufacture by the civil industry of certain chemicals, to ensure their wholly innocent use and non-diversion to military purposes. We urge the Soviet Union to join us in reaching the earliest possible agreement on all aspects of a complete ban.

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