HC Deb 16 July 1992 vol 211 c932W
Mr. Cohen

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what consideration he has given to the purchase and subsequent dismantling of weapons of the former Soviet Union in order to prevent these weapons from being sold on the open market.

Mr. Aitken

This option has been rejected. It would not deal with the problem of the huge size of the military industries of the former Soviet Union, and could act as an incentive to further arms production.

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