HC Deb 09 January 1990 vol 164 c576W
91. Mr. Barry Field

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what progress is being made through the chemical weapons convention in achieving a comprehensive and verifiable global ban on the production and use of chemical weapons.

92. Mr. Hardy

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what progress has been made in regard to the international negotiations concerning chemical weapons.

Mr. Waldegrave

Useful progress has been made in Geneva on a number of the complex issues involved in the negotiations on a chemical weapons convention, but much work remains to be done particularly in the crucial area of verification.