§ Mr. Harry BarnesTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on what date the United Kingdom presented its statement to the plenary session of the recent amendment conference of states who are parties to the treaty banning muclear weapons tests in the atmosphere, in outer space and underwater; who led the United Kingdom delegation; what response was made to the United Kingdom statement by other participating delegations; to whom the statement has been circulated; what was the total cost of United Kingdom participation in the conference; what meetings were held with non-governmental organisations in attendance as observers; and what representations from non-governmental organisations were received by the United Kingdom delegation to the conference.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggThe United Kingdom statement to the plenary session was delivered on 11 January; the United Kingdom delegation was led by the deputy head of the United Kingdom delegation to the conference on disarmament at Geneva; the statement was the last to be delivered to the plenary session and produced no subsequent response in the committee of the whole; it was circulated to participating delegations, non-governmental organisations and the press; the total cost of United Kingdom participation was approximately £20,000; an informal session of the conference was allocated for NGOs to state their views; the United Kingdom delegation received several representations from NGOs and held informal meetings with as many as possible.