Mutual And Balanced Force Reduction Talks 69. Mr. Heathcoat-Amory To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on recent progress at the mutual and balanced force reduction talks. Mr. Mellor I have nothing to add to the answer given to my hon. Friend the Member for Swindon (Mr. Coombs) on 21 October last year, at column 766.