§ Mr. Patrick Thompsonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans exist in the event of a chemical attack on a military establishment in the United Kingdom for warning the local authorities in the area of the threat to the local population.
§ Mr. Giles ShawWe are playing a leading part at the conference on disarmament at Geneva to achieve a comprehensive verifiable ban on the production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons. In the absence of a chemical weapons ban we are actively considering how the present warning arrangements could be used for the detection and warning of the danger presented by chemical weapons and what protective measures may be taken.
We will keep the House informed of progress.