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Mr. Maude: The freedom of all persons to leave the future special administrative region, if they have valid travel documents, is established by the Joint Declaration. The draft basic law reflects the joint declaration in this respect.
HKD
Hong Kong (Juries)
Mr. Chris Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he has taken any steps to examine the possible dangers of prejudice by juries in Hong Kong against non-local nationals facing trial in the Crown colony; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Maude: We are not aware of any complaints of this nature. In practice considerable number of jurors are themselves non-local nationals.
SA
Punjab
Mr. Geoffrey Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what protests his Department has made about the renewal by the Indian Government of martial law in the Punjab.
Mr. Sainsbury: None. Martial law is not in force in the Punjab.
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Nuclear Weapons
Dr. Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he has received a copy of the report by the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research on the prevention of geographical proliferation of nuclear weapons; nuclear-weapon-free zones and zones of peace in the southern hemisphere.
LRD
Mr. Waldegrave: Yes.
"Science and Global Security"
Dr. Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make it his policy that his departmental library subscribes to the journal "Science and Global Security".
Mr. Sainsbury: We understand that the journal "Science and Global Energy" will not be available for another four weeks. Issues of new journals are considered only after publication.
SENIJ
Non-proliferation Treaty
Dr. Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Meirionnydd Nant Conwy, of 17 October, Official Report, column 78, he will set out the names of all United Kingdom-based non-governmental organisations which have written to his Department on the non-proliferation treaty indicating those which have expressed concern over the United Kingdom's policy for the
1990 non-proliferation treaty fourth review
conference.
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Mr. Waldegrave: During the last six months, the only such organisation to have written in the terms described by the hon. Member is the European proliferation information centre.
Dr. Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) what opportunity he took
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at the Commonwealth summit meeting in Kuala Lumpur to raise with the representatives of Guyana the matter of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty and the NPT fourth review conference, to be held next August, and the possibility of Guyana joining the NPT;
(2) what opportunity he took at the Commonwealth summit meeting in Kuala Lumpur to raise with the representatives of Tanzania the matter of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty and the NPT fourth review conference, to be held next August, and the possibility of Tanzania joining the NPT;
(3) what opportunity he took at the Commonwealth summit meeting in Kuala Lumpur to raise with the representatives of Zambia the matter of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty and the NPT fourth review. conference, to be held next August, and the possibility of Zambia joining the NPT;
(4) what opportunity he took at the Commonwealth summit meeting in Kuala Lumpur to raise with the representatives of Vanuatu the matter of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty and the NPT fourth review conference, to be held next August, and the possibility of Vanuatu joining the NPT.
Mr. Waldegrave: This subject was not discussed.
Dr. Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether during his recent visit to Washington DC, he raised with his American counterpart joint strategies to strengthen the nuclear non-proliferation treaty and increase membership.
Mr. Waldegrave: No. But such matters are regularly discussed bilaterally in appropriate fora, most recently in the margins of the second preparatory committee, which took place on 11-15 September.
Dr. Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he raised at the Commonwealth summit meeting in Kuala Lumpur the matter of the Nuclear non-proliferation treaty and the possibility of (a) Pakistan, (b) India and (c) Zimbabwe signing the treaty.
Mr. Waldegrave: No.
UND
Science and Peace
Dr. Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what Her Majesty's Government's policy is towards the Costa Rican resolution and proposal at the United Nations for a Government-sponsored and supported international week. of science and peace each November.
Mr. Sainsbury: We have no wish to obstruct the measures envisaged in the resolution concerned, but doubt their value. We do not intend to allocate to them resources better employed elsewhere.
Dr. Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he has taken to encourage universities and other institutions of advanced studies, scientific academies and institutes, professional associations and individuals in the scientific community to hold during the week 11 to 17 November lectures, seminars, special debates and other activities conducive to the study and dissemination of information on the links between science and technology and the maintenance of peace and security, as agreed upon in United Nations General Assembly Resolution A/RES/43/61.
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