§ Sir John HuntTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what plans he has to associate the countries of central Europe with the European armaments agency to be established by the Western European Union; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Garel-JonesThe Western European Union is continuing to examine the possibilities of enhanced co-operation in the field of armaments with the aim of creating a European armaments agency, in line with the declaration by WEU Heads of State and Government at Maastricht on 10 December 1991 and the declaration by the WEU Council of Ministers at the Petersberg on 19 June 1992. There has been no discussion to date of the possibility of associating the countries of central Europe with the eventual agency.