§ Mr. CryerTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the special meeting of the five permanent member states of the United Nations Security Council in Paris on 8 July.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggRepresentatives of the permanent five, as the world's leading arms exporters, met to discuss ways of promoting greater responsibility in conventional arms transfers and preventing proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. They agreed to work together to develop guidelines for restraint in arms transfers, and to set up a mechanism for continued consultation and exchange of information on these issues. They also agreed to support our proposal for a United Nations arms transfer register. This work will be taken forward at further meetings in London in the autumn.