Test Ban Treaty (Hansard, 10 July 1996)

§ 18. Mr. Simpson
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the outcome of the comprehensive test ban treaty negotiations. [35178]

§ Mr. Llew Smith
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the outcome of the negotiations in Geneva towards completion of a comprehensive nuclear test ban treaty. [35950]

§ Mr. David Davis
The negotiations on a comprehensive test ban treaty adjourned in Geneva on 28 June, without agreement but with the chairman of the ad hoc committee, Ambassador Ramaker of the Netherlands, having tabled a full treaty text. Ambassador Ramaker has asked delegations to study this carefully with a view to reaching agreement when the conference on disarmament reconvenes on 29 July. We are now doing so and shall work for the earliest possible agreement.