HC Deb 30 January 1990 vol 166 c93W
Dr. Thomas

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will obtain for his Departmental library a copy of the report, "New Technology, the NPT and the International Atomic Agency Authority Safeguards System" by D. Fakley and Adolf Von Baeckmann, published by the Programme for Promoting Nuclear Non-Proliferation.

Mr. Maude

The report, "New Technology, the NPT and International Atomic Agency Authority Safeguards System" by D. Fakley and Adolf Von Baeckmann, published by the Programme for Promoting Nuclear Non-Proliferation, is an occasional paper issued by the Centre for International Policy Studies at the university of Southampton. A copy will be added to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office library in due course.

Dr. Thomas

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if the European Council Ministers meeting in Dublin on 20 January discussed(a) European Community initiatives to export nuclear technology to eastern European states and (b) ways of using articles III and IV of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty to assist eastern Europe with nuclear technology.

Mr. Waldegrave

No. At the informal meeting of EC Foreign Ministers hosted by the Irish presidency on 20 January, there was no discussion of these matters.

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