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Nato Defence Strategy

Volume 109: debated on Tuesday 27 January 1987

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asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he has any plans to propose changes in Northern Atlantic Treaty Organisation defence strategy with regard to conventional weapons.

No. NATO's strategy of flexible response and the role of conventional weapons within that strategy remains fully valid and the best basis for maintaining defence.