§ Lord Kennetasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether in the enhancements on which they are reported now to be working of the Security Assurances associated with the Non-Proliferation 32WA Treaty, they will include formal undertakings on the part of the nuclear weapon states signatories.
- (1) not to engage in nuclear-capable or other threatening exercises in the vicinity of non-nuclear signatories; and
- (2) to prevent the making of unlawful threats in relation to a country's nuclear power plant.
§ Baroness Chalker of WallaseyNo. We do not think it would be appropriate to include such undertakings.