To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make it his policy that no relevant equipment be moved out of the area of application of the proposed treaty on conventional forces in Europe before such a treaty comes into effect in order to (a) deploy the equipment elsewhere or (b) sell the equipment; and if he will make a statement.
The United Kingdom attaches great importance to the NATO proposal that reductions of equipment holdings during the implementation of the conventional forces in Europe treaty should be by means of destruction. Before the treaty comes into effect, there will obviously be no legal bar to the transfer or sale of equipment outside the area of application. However, any large-scale activity of this sort would be contrary to the
| (a) Perinatal mortality and (b) Neonatal mortality: numbers and rates by Regional Health Authority in England for the years 1986 to 1989 | ||||||||
| Table (a) Perinatal mortality | ||||||||
| Area | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 11989 | ||||
| Number | Rate | Number | Rate | Number | Rate | Number | Rate | |
| England | 5,977 | 9·5 | 5,742 | 8·9 | 5,731 | 8·7 | 5,424 | 8·3 |
| Regional Health Authority | ||||||||
| Northern | 408 | 101 | 344 | 8·5 | 362 | 90 | 362 | 9·2 |
| Yorkshire | 499 | 10·3 | 469 | 9·5 | 460 | 9·2 | 423 | 8·5 |
| Trent | 606 | 10·2 | 572 | 9·3 | 567 | 9·2 | 524 | 8·5 |
| East Anglian | 191 | 7·7 | 206 | 7·9 | 180 | 6·7 | 174 | 6·7 |
| North West Thames | 416 | 8·6 | 430 | 8·6 | 410 | 8·1 | 414 | 8·3 |
| North East Thames | 513 | 9·6 | 525 | 9·4 | 516 | 9·1 | 468 | 8·3 |
| South East Thames | 407 | 8·5 | 428 | 8·5 | 468 | 9·1 | 433 | 8·4 |
| South West Thames | 302 | 8·2 | 288 | 7·5 | 310 | 7·9 | 274 | 7·0 |
| Wessex | 317 | 8·8 | 331 | 8·9 | 331 | 8·7 | 317 | 8·3 |
| Oxford | 297 | 8·9 | 279 | 8·0 | 247 | 6·9 | 258 | 7·2 |
| South Western | 363 | 9·5 | 302 | 7·5 | 324 | 7·9 | 273 | 6·7 |
| West Midlands | 776 | 11·0 | 725 | 9·9 | 752 | 10·3 | 712 | 9·7 |
| Mersey | 302 | 9·2 | 296 | 9·0 | 249 | 7·4 | 270 | 8·2 |
| North Western | 580 | 10·4 | 547 | 9·6 | 555 | 9·6 | 522 | 9·2 |
| Table (b) Neonatal mortality | ||||||||
| Area | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 11989 | ||||
| Number | Rate | Number | Rate | Number | Rate | Number | Rate | |
| England | 3,270 | 5·2 | 3,240 | 5·0 | 3,220 | 4·9 | 3,077 | 4·7 |
| Regional Health Authority | ||||||||
| Northern | 234 | 5·8 | 193 | 4·8 | 195 | 4·9 | 196 | 5·0 |
| Yorkshire | 290 | 6·0 | 281 | 5·7 | 253 | 5·1 | 221 | 4·5 |
| Trent | 351 | 5·9 | 325 | 5·3 | 327 | 5·3 | 293 | 4·8 |
| East Anglian | 102 | 4·1 | 99 | 3·8 | 97 | 3·6 | 94 | 3·6 |
| North West Thames | 233 | 4·8 | 232 | 4·7 | 240 | 4·7 | 222 | 4·5 |
| North East Thames | 286 | 5·4 | 319 | 5·8 | 256 | 4·5 | 264 | 4·7 |
| South East Thames | 194 | 4·1 | 255 | 5·1 | 233 | 4·5 | 246 | 4·8 |
| South West Thames | 167 | 4·5 | 158 | 4·1 | 182 | 4·6 | 166 | 4·3 |
| Wessex | 172 | 4·8 | 186 | 5·0 | 182 | 4·8 | 188 | 5·0 |
| Oxford | 176 | 5·3 | 165 | 4·8 | 152 | 4·3 | 156 | 4·4 |
| South Western | 176 | 4·6 | 181 | 4·5 | 204 | 5·0 | 158 | 3·9 |
| West Midlands | 414 | 5·9 | 411 | 5·7 | 452 | 6·2 | 445 | 6·1 |
spirit in which we entered into the negotiations, and the United Kingdom would avoid such activities itself and discourage them on the part of others.