§ Mr. CohenTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the measures required for implementation of the proposed chemical weapons convention by the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggThe chemical weapons convention will require Her Majesty's Government to notify the future Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons of the legislative and administrative measures it has taken to implement the convention in the United Kingdom. This will include the establishment of a national authority.
§ Mr. CohenTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the proposed chemical weapons convention text recently agreed at the conference on disarmament in Geneva.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggWe welcomed the presentation of a draft chemical weapons convention to the conference on disarmament on 22 June as offering a major step forward towards the completion of the convention this year. We will support efforts to achieve this and encourage others to do the same.