§ Lord Kennetasked Her Majesty's Government:
How the quality of their information about the possible production of chemical weapons in Libya compares with that of their information about the production of nuclear weapons in Israel, both of which have implications for policy in the Middle East.
§ Lord TrefgarneWe are seriously concerned at both CW proliferation and the risk of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East. We have clear, independent information that Libya's Rabta plant is intended to produce chemical weapons. We have no conclusive evidence that Israel possesses a nuclear weapons capability.