§ Mr. CohenTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is the United Kingdom's contribution to the costs of the preparatory commission for the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, established under the chemical weapons convention, expressing the figures(a) for each relevant Government financial year and (b) for each financial year of the commission; and from which subheads of which votes of which classes United Kingdom contributions funds are taken.
§ Mr. HanleyThe United Kingdom made an initial contribution to the 1993 preparatory commission budget of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons of £130,000 in the Government's financial year 1992–93; this was paid from class 1 vote 1 subhead J2. A further contribution of £136,667 was made to the 1993 preparatory commission's budget in the Government's financial year 1993–94 from class 1 vote 1 subhead M3. The commission's financial year coincides with the calendar year.