§ Mr. BurnsTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on progress towards an agreement on banning chemical weapons.
§ Mr WaldegraveFollowing the Paris conference on chemical weapons in January this year the chemical weapons negotiations in Geneva have had an active spring session which has just ended. Progress has been made on a number of issues, but much work remains to be done, especially on verification, before a comprehensive effectively verifiable and global convention on chemical weapons can be achieved.