§ Mr. Deakinsasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what priority he gives to the establishment of negative security assurances to nonnuclear weapon states, as a means of preventing the spread of nuclear weapons.
§ Mr. RentonThe United Kingdom and all other nuclear weapon states have given unilateral assurances to non-nuclear weapon states, but we continue to attach the highest importance to the non-proliferation treaty as the main defence against the spread of nuclear weapons.