To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the countries that are currently members of the missile technology control regime and the date on which they became members.

The missile technology control regime was established in 1987 by Canada, France, the FRG, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States. In 1989 Spain also adhered to the MTCR guidelines. In 1990 six further countries, Australia, Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand and Norway, also announced their adherence to the MTCR.