§ Mr. Denzil Daviesasked the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the statement to the House by the 542W Minister of State for the Armed Forces, the right hon. Member for Tonbridge and Mailing (Mr. Stanley) 28 April, Official Report, column 665, regarding the non-deployment of United States binary nerve gas weapons in the United Kingdom in peacetime, if he will define the term peacetime in this context; whether deployment of such weapons in the United Kingdom would be allowed at a time of heightened international tension preceding actual hostilities, or only after a formal declaration of war; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. StanleyIf a request for deployment of United States binary chemical munitions were ever to be received, it would be a matter for decision by the British Government of the day in the light of all the circumstances prevailing at the time. Any deployment to the United Kingdom at any time would require the consent of Her Majesty's Government.