Dr. ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Meirionnydd Nant Conwy,Official Report, 25 March, columns 241–42, when he last made a specific representation to the Israeli Government to sign the non-proliferation treaty.
§ Mr. Mellor[pursuant to his reply, 31 March 1988, c. 628]: My answer should have said :
My right hon. and learned Friend has not had a recent opportunity to raise the non-proliferation treaty with the Israeli Government. But, at his request, the permanent undersecretary at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office did so on 22 October 1987 with the political director of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs.