§ Adam PriceTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what evidence he has reviewed on the(a) development and (b) use of (i) biological and (ii) chemical weapons and agents by Israel. [189295]
§ Mr. MacShane[holding answer 16 September 2004]: We are aware of no credible evidence of development or use of chemical or biological weapons or agents by the State of Israel. Israel has signed, but not ratified, the Chemical Weapons Convention and has neither signed nor ratified the Biological and toxin Weapons Convention. It therefore has no legal obligation not to develop these weapons, and not is it subject to any international monitoring.