HC Deb 30 November 1987 vol 123 cc372-3W
Mr. Douglas

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what part his Department played in arriving at the detailed arrangements agreed between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics regarding the inspection of the missile bases in the United Kingdom by the Soviet Union as part of the agreement on intermediate range nuclear forces between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

Mr. Mellor

There have been regular and close consultations between the United States and its allies on all aspects of the INF treaty, including the details of the verification regime.

Mr. Douglas

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) what reciprocal arrangements have been agreed between the United Kingdom and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics to cover the arrangements agreed for the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics to inspect at short notice missile bases in the United Kingdom as part of the intermediate range nuclear forces agreement between the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the United States of America;

(2) if he will publish details of the exchange of notes between the United Kingdom Government and the Soviet Union regarding the arrangements to be made for them to inspect missile bases in the United Kingdom as a consequence of the agreement between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

Mr. Mellor

The text of the exchange of notes between the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union will be laid before the House in the ususal way once the exchange has taken place.

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