Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Defence – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 17 Rhagfyr 1991.
While accepting the need for the United Kingdom to have the protection of a strategic nuclear deterrent for the foreseeable future, may I ask the Secretary of State whether, as a result of his recent conversations with his French counterpart and the agreement reached at Maastricht, consideration has been given to greater co-operation in strategic nuclear matters with France?