§ Lord Kennetasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will publish and present to Parliament NATO's proposals for the deployment or non-deployment of nuclear weapons, and for control of their use, in the east European states into which it is currently proposed that NATO should expand, and whether such deployment, on soil where they are not currently deployed, would be compatible with the non-proliferation treaty.
§ Baroness Chalker of WallaseyNATO's policy on the deployment of nuclear weapons on the territory of new members is set out in the NATO enlargement study, a copy of which has been placed in the Libraries of the House. It is the policy of NATO that all nuclear weapons deployed on the territory of allies should, in line with Article 1 of the non-proliferation treaty, remain under the control of a nuclear-weapon state.