§ Lord Kennetasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will state the delivery schedules and performances of all new types of nuclear weapons introduced into Western Europe since 1983, or intended to be introduced, in particular those known as W79 and W83.
§ The Minister of State for Defence Procurement (Lord Trefgarne)Progress on the deployment to Western Europe of Pershing II and Ground Launched Cruise Missiles is reported each year in theStatement on the Defence Estimates. For details on the modernisation of NATO's other theatre nuclear weapons, I refer the noble Lord to the latest communiqué of the NATO Nuclear Planning Group, a copy of which can be found in the Library. I am not able to give details about the performance of NATO's nuclear weapons.