HC Deb 24 October 1989 vol 158 cc436-7W
86. Dr. Twinn

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what further studies he has conducted of the consequences for NATO's strategy of flexible response to the removal of all nuclear weapons.

106. Mr. Moss

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what further studies his Department has conducted of the consequences for British defence policy of the abandonment of all nuclear weapons.

Mr. Archie Hamilton

At the Brussels summit in May all NATO Heads of Government agreed that for the foreseeable future there was no alternative to the Alliance strategy of deterrence, and that this strategy required a mix of nuclear forces, including Europe-based ground-launched missiles. Given this, there is no reason to conduct any studies related to the removal of all nuclear weapons.

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