§ Ms. RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make it his policy not to agree to North Atlantic 129W Treaty Organisation modernisation of nuclear weapons until the House of Commons has expressed its view thereon.
§ Mr. Archie HamiltonThe Government's support for modernisation is well known and is reflected in their endorsement of successive NATO communiqués reiterating the Alliance's determination to keep its forces, nuclear and conventional, effective and up to date. The modernisation issue has already been raised in the House on numerous occasions. Moreover, the Government have undertaken to report to the House on nuclear modernisation as it affects British forces when the appropriate moment comes.