Conventional Forces in Europe

HC Deb 12 June 1990 vol 174 cc143-4W

Mr. Cohen

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make it his policy that no relevant equipment be moved out of the area of application of the proposed treaty on conventional forces in Europe before such a treaty comes into effect in order to(a) deploy the equipment elsewhere or (b) sell the equipment; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Archie Hamilton

The United Kingdom attaches great importance to the NATO proposal that reductions of equipment holdings during the implementation of the conventional forces in Europe treaty should be by means of destruction. Before the treaty comes into effect, there will obviously be no legal bar to the transfer or sale of equipment outside the area of application. However, any large-scale activity of this sort would be contrary to the

(a) Perinatal mortality and (b) Neonatal mortality: numbers and rates by Regional Health Authority in England for the years 1986 to 1989
Table (a) Perinatal mortality
Area	1986	1987	1988	11989
	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate
England	5,977	9.5	5,742	8.9	5,731	8.7	5,424	8.3
Regional Health Authority
Northern	408	101	344	8.5	362	90	362	9.2
Yorkshire	499	10.3	469	9.5	460	9.2	423	8.5
Trent	606	10.2	572	9.3	567	9.2	524	8.5
East Anglian	191	7.7	206	7.9	180	6.7	174	6.7
North West Thames	416	8.6	430	8.6	410	8.1	414	8.3
North East Thames	513	9.6	525	9.4	516	9.1	468	8.3
South East Thames	407	8.5	428	8.5	468	9.1	433	8.4
South West Thames	302	8.2	288	7.5	310	7.9	274	7.0
Wessex	317	8.8	331	8.9	331	8.7	317	8.3
Oxford	297	8.9	279	8.0	247	6.9	258	7.2
South Western	363	9.5	302	7.5	324	7.9	273	6.7
West Midlands	776	11.0	725	9.9	752	10.3	712	9.7
Mersey	302	9.2	296	9.0	249	7.4	270	8.2
North Western	580	10.4	547	9.6	555	9.6	522	9.2

Table (b) Neonatal mortality
Area	1986	1987	1988	11989
	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate
England	3,270	5.2	3,240	5.0	3,220	4.9	3,077	4.7
Regional Health Authority
Northern	234	5.8	193	4.8	195	4.9	196	5.0
Yorkshire	290	6.0	281	5.7	253	5.1	221	4.5
Trent	351	5.9	325	5.3	327	5.3	293	4.8
East Anglian	102	4.1	99	3.8	97	3.6	94	3.6
North West Thames	233	4.8	232	4.7	240	4.7	222	4.5
North East Thames	286	5.4	319	5.8	256	4.5	264	4.7
South East Thames	194	4.1	255	5.1	233	4.5	246	4.8
South West Thames	167	4.5	158	4.1	182	4.6	166	4.3
Wessex	172	4.8	186	5.0	182	4.8	188	5.0
Oxford	176	5.3	165	4.8	152	4.3	156	4.4
South Western	176	4.6	181	4.5	204	5.0	158	3.9
West Midlands	414	5.9	411	5.7	452	6.2	445	6.1

spirit in which we entered into the negotiations, and the United Kingdom would avoid such activities itself and discourage them on the part of others.