Weapons of Mass Destruction

HL Deb 22 February 2000 vol 610 c14WA

Viscount Waverley

asked Her Majesty's Government:

By what criteria they decide to support or oppose the holding of weapons of mass destruction by another sovereign state. [HL964]

Baroness Scotland of Asthal

The UK works to prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) with the ultimate aim of a world free of all WMD. The UK supports universal adherence to the relevant WMD treaties: the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapsons, the Chemical Weapons Convention and the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention.