§ Mr. CohenTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if assurances were given to the United States President that the final assembly of United States binary chemical weapons was necessitated by the national security interests of the United Kingdom, pursuant to the requirements of section 1411 of the United States Department of Defence Authorisation Act 1986.
§ Mr. Ian StewartThe United Kingdom lent its support to the adoption of a NATO force goal which stated the requirement for the United States to modernise its chemical weapons stock. No other assurances have been sought or received from the United Kingdom Government in connection with this programme.