§ Lord Bethellasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they generally favour the idea of co-operating with the security and intelligence services of the Russian Federation as part of the battle against nuclear proliferation, proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, world terrorism, drug dealing and other serious crime.
§ The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Baroness Chalker of Wallasey)The Government, along with its G7 partners, works with the Russian Federation on such issues. The United 19WA Kingdom's security and intelligence services co-operate with the security and intelligence agencies of a large number of countries with whom we share such common interests and problems. It is the Government's policy not to comment further on such co-operation by these services.