HC Deb 28 November 1989 vol 162 cc243-4W
91. Mr. Squire

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether he will make a statement on the current balance between nuclear and conventional forces in the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation.

101. Mr. Anthony Coombs

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether he will make a statement on the current balance between nuclear and conventional forces in the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation.

112. Mr. Sumberg

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether he will make a statement on the current balance between nuclear and conventional forces in the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation.

127. Miss Widdecombe

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether he will make a statement on the current balance between nuclear and conventional forces in the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation.

Mr. Archie Hamilton

At the summit meeting in May, NATO reaffirmed its position that, for the foreseeable future, there is no alternative to the Alliance's strategy of deterrence for the prevention of war. That strategy is based upon an appropriate mix of adequate and effective nuclear and conventional forces, which will continue to he kept up to date where necessary.