Dr. ThomasTo ask the Prime Minister if, during the debriefing meeting of NATO nations' heads of state and government in Brussels on 4 December, President Bush indicated whether the issues of the fourth review conference of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty and non-proliferation policies were discussed by Presidents Bush and Gorbachev in Malta.
§ The Prime MinisterNo. The President gave no indication that these issues had been discussed.
Dr. ThomasTo ask the Prime Minister when she last took the opportunity to discuss with President Bush the forthcoming amendment conference of the partial test ban treaty.
§ The Prime MinisterI have not discussed this issue with President Bush.
Dr. ThomasTo ask the Prime Minister when she last took the opportunity to discuss with President Bush joint United States-United Kingdom initiatives that may be taken to strengthen the 1968 nuclear non-proliferation treaty before the fourth review conference of that treaty.
§ The Prime MinisterI have not discussed this with President Bush. There is, however, frequent contact with the United States on such matters at official level.
Dr. ThomasTo ask the Prime Minister when she last took the opportunity to discuss with President Bush(a) the adequacy of NATO nation expenditure on nuclear weapons and (b) initiatives that may be taken on nuclear disarmament.
§ The Prime MinisterI last met President Bush at the NATO summit on 4 December; defence issues were among those discussed at the summit.