Theatre Missile Defence

HL Deb 20 March 1997 vol 579 cc91-2WA

Lord Kennet

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether any exercises in which British forces take part currently involve theatre missile defence (TMD) issues; if so whether these TMD exercises comply with the Treaty on the Limitation of Anti-Ballistic Missile Systems (the ABM Treaty), as determined by both the Russian and US signatories to that treaty; and whether that compliance has been confirmed by the relevant British legal advisers; and

Whether it is their view that, when British forces engage in exercises involving theatre missile defence issues, compliance with the Treaty on the Limitation of Anti-Ballistic Missile Systems (the ABM Treaty) should be left to the United States to determine; if so, whether this view has been discussed with the Russian Government; and whether they have informed Parliament of all such activities.

Earl Howe

No exercises in which British forces take part currently involve theatre missile defence issues.