HC Deb 22 October 1993 vol 230 cc400-1W
Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones

To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will make it his policy to advocate an increase to the International Atomic Energy Agency budget for safeguards activities at the review conference on the nuclear non-proliferation treaty in 1995 and all preparatory meetings.

Mr. Eggar

The proper forum for the discussion of the IAEA's budget is the agency's board of governors. The IAEA general conference in September this year requested the IAEA' s director general to intensify his efforts towards improving the effectiveness and cost-efficiency of the safeguards system. My Government support this initiative and will continue to argue for the provision of resources sufficient for the agency to discharge all its safeguards responsibilities in a cost-effective manner.

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