HC Deb 06 March 1990 vol 168 cc611-2W
37. Mr. Stevens

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether his Department has received any representations from the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament on the CFE talks.

46. Mr. Hague

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether his Department has received any representations from the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament on the CFE talks.

118. Mr. Simon Coombs

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether his Department has received any representations from the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament on the CFE talks.

Mr. Archie Hamilton

My right hon. Friend and I have received a number of letters, some of which have been inspired by CND, on many aspects of defence policy and arms control negotiations. However, I note that no recent representations have been received from CND on the most encouraging progress at the CFE talks towards a negotiated and verifiable agreement on conventional forces in Europe.

124. Mr. Roger King

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what contribution his Department will make to the implementation of any CFE agreement.

Mr. Boswell

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what contribution his Department will make to the implementation of any CFE agreement.

Mr. Archie Hamilton

My Department will be participating fully in the implementation, including verification, of a CFE agreement.

127. Sir Geoffrey Johnson Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what progress has been made in the CFE talks in Vienna.

Mr. Archie Hamilton

Very substantial progress has been made in the CFE talks. NATO and the Warsaw pact have reached agreement on ceilings for tanks, helicopters and United States and Soviet stationed manpower in the central region. In the course of the latest round of negotiations in Vienna, which finished on 22 February, progress was made towards resolving the remaining differences, and NATO tabled detailed proposals on verification.

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