§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his policy 27W is on changes to the membership of the permanent members of the UN Security Council; and if he will make a statement. [84895]
§ Mr. Tony LloydThe Government support early enlargement of the Security Council in both permanent and non-permanent categories. It supports the addition of five permanent seats: one each for Germany and Japan, and three for developing countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean. It also supports the addition of up to four non-permanent seats, making an expanded Council of 24.