HC Deb 27 March 1984 vol 57 c134W
Mr. Robert Banks

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will set out the details of any correspondence received from the Soviet authorities about British estimates of the Soviet stocks of chemical weapons and the chemical fighting capability of Soviet forces.

Mr. Rifkind

No correspondence has been received from the Soviet Union on this matter. The Soviet Union has always declined to furnish any details of the size of its chemical weapon stockpiles.