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Mr. Baldry
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a further statement on progress towards achieving a verifiable worldwide ban on chemical weapons.
Mr. Mellor
Encouraging progress has been made at the chemical weapons negotiations in Geneva. However, complex issues remain to be dealt with, particularly on verification and arrangements for an international inspectorate, if we are to achieve an effective convention.