Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (Hansard, 24 April 1989)

§ Mr. Flynn
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if, during his visit to the United States of America on 16 April, he raised with the United States Secretary of State(a) the first preparatory committee meeting of the 1990 nuclear non-proliferation treaty to be held 1–5 May in New York, and (b) the strategy that the depository states for the non-proliferation treaty could adopt to increase the membership of the treaty.

§ Mr. Waldegrave
No. However, we take every appropriate opportunity to discuss these issues with the United States. Preparations for the 1990 non-proliferation treaty review conference are frequently discussed at official level.

§ Mr. Flynn
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if, at the recent meeting in Spain of the Council of European Community Foreign Affairs Ministers, he raised the matter of the 1990 fourth review conference of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty and the non-membership of France of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty.

§ Mr. Waldegrave
No.