Weapons of Mass Destruction (Hansard, 30 June 2003)

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§ Llew Smith
To ask the Prime Minister pursuant to his statement of 23 June 2003 on the Thessaloniki European Council,Official Report, column 707, what additional resources are being committed by (a) the United Kingdom and (b) the other EU member states to implement Annex II of the declaration on nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction. [122273]
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§ The Prime Minister
The Declaration sets out formally our aims and targets for countering the proliferation threat. The UK and the EU are already fully engaged in work in this area, and have already committed considerable resources to this work.
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No assessment has yet been made of what, if any, additional resources may be required to implement fully the steps set out in the Declaration.