§ Mr. MacdonaldTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is his Department's assessment as to the efficacy of the non-proliferation treaty since it came into effect.
§ Mr. Archie HamiltonThe non-proliferation treaty is the world's most widely adhered-to arms control treaty, to which three out of the five declared nuclear weapon states are parties. Since 1968, when the treaty was open to signature, no new country has declared itself a nuclear weapon state, and the treaty has helped to ensure that proliferation has not gained respectability.
§ Mr. MacdonaldTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is Her Majesty's Government's policy on pursuing the extension of the non-proliferation treaty.
§ Mr. Archie HamiltonThe United Kingdom attaches great importance to the widest possible adherence to the non-proliferation treaty, and regularly raises the question of accession to the NPT with non-parties at various levels.