HC Deb 18 April 1995 vol 258 c8W
Mr. Llew Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the Ministers and civil servants who will attend the conference on the nuclear non-proliferation treaty, in New York from 17 April; and if he will give the dates or periods of time Ministers and civil servants will be in attendance. [19318]

Mr. David Davis

My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs will attend the conference from 18 to 19 April. I will attend the latter part of the conference if a ministerial presence is necessary at the end of the negotiations. Up to 26 officials from different Departments will attend the conference at various times. The official delegation will be led by Sir Michael Weston, UK permanent representative to the conference on disarmament, Geneva.