HC Deb 30 October 1989 vol 159 cc59-60W
Dr. Thomas

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Meirionnydd Nant Conwy, of 17 October,Official Report, column 78, he will set out the names of all United Kingdom-based non-governmental organisations which have written to his Department on the non-proliferation treaty indicating those which have expressed concern over the United Kingdom's policy for the 1990 non-proliferation treaty fourth review conference.

Mr. Waldegrave

During the last six months, the only such organisation to have written in the terms described by the hon. Member is the European proliferation information centre.

Dr. Thomas

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) what opportunity he took at the Commonwealth summit meeting in Kuala Lumpur to raise with the representatives of Guyana the matter of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty and the NPT fourth review conference, to be held next August, and the possibility of Guyana joining the NPT;

(2) what opportunity he took at the Commonwealth summit meeting in Kuala Lumpur to raise with the representatives of Tanzania the matter of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty and the NPT fourth review conference, to be held next August, and the possibility of Tanzania joining the NPT;

(3) what opportunity he took at the Commonwealth summit meeting in Kuala Lumpur to raise with the representatives of Zambia the matter of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty and the NPT fourth review conference, to be held next August, and the possibility of Zambia joining the NPT;

(4) what opportunity he took at the Commonwealth summit meeting in Kuala Lumpur to raise with the representatives of Vanuatu the matter of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty and the NPT fourth review conference, to be held next August, and the possibility of Vanuatu joining the NPT.

Mr. Waldegrave

This subject was not discussed.

Dr. Thomas

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether during his recent visit to Washington DC, he raised with his American counterpart joint strategies to strengthen the nuclear non-proliferation treaty and increase membership.

Mr. Waldegrave

No. But such matters are regularly discussed bilaterally in appropriate fora, most recently in the margins of the second preparatory committee, which took place on 11–15 September.

Dr. Thomas

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he raised at the Commonwealth summit meeting in Kuala Lumpur the matter of the Nuclear non-proliferation treaty and the possibility of(a) Pakistan, (b) India and (c) Zimbabwe signing the treaty.

Mr. Waldegrave

No.