HC Deb 05 July 1991 vol 194 c240W
Mr. O'Neill

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what work is currently being undertaken by the defence arms control unit.

Mr. Archie Hamilton

[holding answer 4 July 1991]: The defence arms control unit is currently engaged in a wide range of arms control activity, including assisting in the development of United Kingdom and NATO positions on the future of conventional arms control in Europe and negotiations on a chemical weapons convention, and in preparations for the forthcoming biological weapons convention review conference.