asked the Lord Privy Seal what was the most recent date upon which Her Majesty's Government put forward proposals to other Powers for an area of controlled disarmament in Central Europe along the lines included in the communique issued following the Prime Minister's visit to Moscow in 1959.

Discussion with one's allies is a continuing process. But I would refer the hon. Gentleman to the Western Peace Plan put forward at Geneva in May, 1959 [Command 797] of which there is a copy in the Library.