HC Deb 22 May 1995 vol 260 c380W
Mr. Llew Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will place in the Library(a) a copy of the paper on the United Kingdom's activities relating to the objectives of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty, to which reference was made by Sir Michael Weston in his presentation to main committee I of the non-proliferation treaty conference on 19 April, (b) all other working papers submitted by the United Kingdom delegation to the main and sub-committees, (c) details of responses made by other delegations to United Kingdom submissions and (d) a copy of the final declaration from the conference; and if he will make a statement on the outcome of the non-proliferation treaty review and extension conference.

Mr. David Davis

Copies of the paper have been placed in the Library providing information on the activities and views of the United Kingdom on the principal objectives of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty, and of our statements to main committees I, II, and III. Copies of the verbatim records of the open debates in the main committees will also be placed in the House Library. It is not our practice to disclose working papers. The conference did not adopt a final declaration. The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs made a statement to the House on 16 May,Official Report, columns 151–61.