§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what proposals his Department intends to submit to the nuclear non-proliferation treaty extension conference regarding the strengthening of the United Kingdom's negative security assurance; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. BaldryThe United Kingdom, in common with other nuclear weapons states, has given a general assurance to all non-nuclear weapons states parties to the non-proliferation treaty that we will not use or threaten to use our nuclear weapons against them except in the case of an attack on the United Kingdom, its dependent territories, armed forces or allies by such a state acting in alliance with a nuclear weapons state. The same assurance applies to states not party to the non-proliferation treaty but which have made similar internationally binding commitments not to manufacture or acquire nuclear weapons.
In the context of the non-proliferation treaty extension conference in 1995, a number of states parties have asked that the nuclear weapon states give new and enhanced assurances. We are discussing this with the other nuclear weapons states in the hope of agreeing a common approach.
Year FCO ODA Cost £ Number of Items Cost £ Number of Items 1989–90 153,767 n/a 91,867 202,638 1990–91 133,281 n/a 116,514 236,185 1991–92 154,785 n/a 161,304 303,886 1992–93 169,321 n/a 153,374 282,269 1993–94 174,104 n/a 124,904 205,300