HC Deb 13 July 1993 vol 228 cc454-5W
Mr. Llew Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what response Her Majesty's Government have made to the Government of Ukraine following the decision on 2 July in the Ukrainian Parliament to claim ownership of all nuclear weapons on Ukrainian territory.

Mr. Heathcoat-Amory

We have noted the statement, which also repeated Ukraine's commitment to a non-nuclear future. We shall continue to work with our allies to bring about Ukraine's earliest possible ratification of START I and accession to the non-proliferation treaty as a non-nuclear weapon state.