HC Deb 06 November 1995 vol 265 c595W
Mr. Llew Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what official monitoring his Department has of the proceeding begun at the International Court of Justice in The Hague on 30 October on the legality of nuclear weapons. [41470]

Mr. Arbuthnot

We have maintained a close interest in the requests by the World Health Organisation and the UN General Assembly to the International Court of Justice for advisory opinions on the legality of nuclear weapons since May 1993.