§ Mr. CashTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on American plans for a ballistic missile defence shield designed to protect Western Europe.[138683]
§ Mr. VazPresident Clinton announced on 1 September that any decision on the possible deployment of a National Missile Defence system would be deferred to the next US Administration.
The system the current Administration envisage would protect all of the US, but not Western Europe.