§ Mr. Lathamasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will make a statement on the outcome of the sixth session of the conference on confidence and security-building measures and disarmament in Europe; and what response was made to the Soviet draft treaty on the non-use of force tabled at the fifth session on 29 January.
§ Mr. LuceAs I told my hon. Friend the Member for Crawley (Mr. Soames) earlier today, we and our allies worked during the sixth session to keep attention focused on the practical measures contained in our package. As for a treaty on the non-use of force, we have consistently said that we are willing to consider an appropriate reaffirmation of that principle in the context of agreement on practicai confidence and security-building measures.