HC Deb 02 March 1990 vol 168 c381W
Mr. Macdonald

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether formal consultation procedures exist within NATO for the use of chemical weapons by the United States of America in Europe in time of conflict.

Mr. Archie Hamilton

I have nothing to add to the answer that I gave the hon. Member on 11 December 1989 at column526.

Mr. Macdonald

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether recent assessments by United States intelligence agencies regarding the Soviet stockpile of chemical weapons will lead to any reassessment by his Department of the size of the Soviet stockpile of chemical weapons.

Mr. Archie Hamilton

I refer the hon. Member to the answer that I gave the hon. Member for Newport, West (Mr. Flynn) on 14 November,Official Report, column 188.