§ Lord Kennetasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether the Royal Navy deployments to the Far East, and its exercises there with United States naval forces, indicate it might be involved in putting into effect the provisions of the United States-Japan "defence co-operation guidelines" [HL3549]
§ Lord GilbertThere is no connection between either Royal Navy deployments to the Far East, or bilateral exercises between the Royal Navy and US Navy, and the US-Japan Security Guidelines.