HC Deb 09 March 1998 vol 308 cc53-4W
Mr. Gordon Prentice

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of proposals(a) to increase the number of permanent members and (b) to make other alterations to the composition of the UN Security Council; and if he will make a statement [33292]

Mr. Tony Lloyd

We welcome the debate in the United Nations on Security Council enlargement. We want to see an early enlargement of the Council to make it more representative, without compromising its effectiveness. We support an increase in both permanent and non-permanent categories. We support permanent seats for Germany and Japan and for developing countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean.