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Mr. Neubert : Central records are not held in a form that would enable the information requested to be provided.
Army Structures
Mr. Allen : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what proposals he has initiated to reduce public expenditure on the British Army by rationalising its regimental and property structure.
Mr. Archie Hamilton : It is this Government's policy to make the most cost-effective use of resources in all areas, including the organisation and infrastructure of the Army. The scope for reducing costs is kept under continuous review.
Royal Ordnance Factory, Nottingham
Mr. Allen : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will conduct an immediate review of security at the royal ordnance factory, Nottingham.
Mr. Neubert : Security arrangements at the factory are regularly reviewed by the Ministry of Defence.
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Mr. Allen : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence for what reasons Ministry of Defence police are currently employed at the royal ordnance factory, Nottingham ; whether they are armed ; and whether he has any plans to withdraw them.
Mr. Neubert : Ministry of Defence police officers are present as required by the Ministry of Defence as part of the security arrangements for the factory and there are no plans for their withdrawal. All Ministry of Defence police officers are trained in the use of firearms and may be armed if it is considered necessary for operational reasons.
Mr. Allen : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many Ministry of Defence police currently patrol the royal ordnance factory at Nottingham ; and at what cost.
Mr. Neubert : It is not the practice to give details of numbers of Ministry of Defence police (MDP) patrolling any particular location. The estimated cost of the MDP detachment at ROF Nottingham for 1989-90 is £500,000. Final figures are not yet available.
British Aerospace
Mr. Allen : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many Ministry of Defence police are employed at British Aerospace establishments.
Mr. Neubert : Currently 118 MDP officers are employed at the five ROF plc sites.
Atomic Weapons Establishment, Cardiff
Mr. Morgan : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what manufacturing materials are used in increased quantities at the atomic weapons research establishment, Cardiff, following the transfer of work from the atomic weapons research establishment, Aldermaston, to the atomic weapons research establishment, Cardiff ; (2) what increase there has been in the percentage by value of the Trident D5 warhead programme at the atomic weapons research establishment, Cardiff, by virtue of the transfer of work from the atomic weapons research establishment, Aldermaston.
Mr. Neubert : There has been a small increase in the non-fissile workload at AWE Cardiff associated with the Trident warhead production programme. For security reasons it would be inappropriate to quantify this in either material or cost terms.
Ministry of Defence Police
Mr. Allen : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what are the current rates of pay for Ministry of Defence police.
Mr. Neubert : The current rates of pay for officers of the Ministry of Defence police, from 1 September 1989 are as follows :
Rank |Salary £
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Constable on Appointment |9,405
After 1 year |10,058
After 2 years |11,839
After 3 years |12,118
After 4 years |12,520
After 5 years |12,950
After 6 years |13,364
After 7 years |13,777
After 8 years |14,184
After 12 years |15,104
After 15 years |15,695
Sergeant on Promotion |15,014
After 1 year |15,695
After 2 years |16,248
After 3 years |16,787
After 4 years |17,223
Inspector on Promotion |17,223
After 1 year |17,761
After 2 years |18,457
After 3 years |19,004
After 4 years |19,554
Chief Inspector on Promotion |19,554
After 1 year |20,101
After 2 years |20,648
After 3 years |21,198
After 4 years |21,751
Superintendent on Promotion |26,599
After 1 year |27,277
After 2 years |27,953
After 3 years |28,885
Chief Superintendent on Promotion |29,574
After 1 year |29,996
After 2 years |30,669
After 3 years |31,401
Assistant Chief Constable |34,864
Deputy Chief Constable |36,608
Chief Constable |41,562
Arms Control
Mr. Ian Bruce : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what progress is being made in reaching arms control arrangements between Britain and the USSR.
Mr. Waldegrave : I have been asked to reply.
There are no current bilateral arms control negotiations between Britain and the USSR. However, both nations participate actively in a number of multilateral negotiations, in particular those covering conventional forces in Europe, confidence and security-building measures, and a global ban on chemical weapons. Progress is being made, although complex issues remain to be resolved in all these negotiations.
FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
COCOM
Mr. Atkinson : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the outcome of the most recent meeting of COCOM.
Mr. Waldegrave : The high-level meeting of COCOM took place in Paris from 6-7 June. The meeting agreed a British proposal for the establishment of a "core list" of items of essential strategic significance, to be applied to all the proscribed destinations. This core list will replace the existing industrial list and will result in a new, shorter set of controls.
The meeting also agreed to the deletion of 30 items from the existing industrial list, identified as a direct result of
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work already done following the British proposal for a core list. The deletions will be implemented on 1 July. Work will continue to identify further items for deletion.Signifiant revisions were also agreed in the controls on machine tools, computers and telecommunications. These will be implemented on 1 July.
The high-level meeting welcomed the establishment from 1 July of an interim export control regime for the GDR.
Soviet Union (Exit Visas)
Mr. John Marshall : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will raise with the Soviet authorities their failure to grant an exit visa to Irinia Sokolova-Lidsky of Kiev.
Mr. Waldegrave : The case of Irinia Sokolova was raised with the Soviet authorities during my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister's visit to the USSR, 7-10 June. We shall not let up until there is a satisfactory outcome.
Mr. John Marshall : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will raise with the Soviet authorities their refusal to grant an exit visa to Emil Kunin and his family of Moscow.
Mr. Waldegrave : We can certainly raise the case of Emil Kunin and his family with the Soviet authorities but in order to make our representations most effective we shall need further details.
Mr. John Marshall : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will raise with the Soviet authorities their failure to grant an exit visa to Boris and Eda Zolotarevsky of Moscow.
Mr. Waldegrave : We can certainly raise the case of Boris and Eda Zolotarevsky with the Soviet authorities but in order to make our representations most effective we shall need further details.
Mr. John Marshall : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will raise with the Soviet authorities their failure to grant an exit visa to Valery Zelichenok of Kranoyarsk and his family.
Mr. Waldegrave : We can certainly raise the case of Valery Zelichenok with the Soviet authorities but in order to make our representations most effective we shall need further details.
Cyprus
Mr. John D. Taylor : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he is now prepared to meet Mr. Rauf Denktash, President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus ; and if he will make a statement about political progress following the presidential and parliamentary elections in Northern Cyprus.
Mr. Maude : We would consider a ministerial meeting with Mr. Denktash if it would materially assist the achievement of a comprehensive, just and lasting settlement of the Cyprus problem. That is not currently the case. We fully support United Nations efforts to reconvene the intercommunal talks.
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British Embassies
Mrs. Clwyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list all British embassies with the number of diplomatic staff in each (a) at the present time, (b) in May-June 1989, (c) in May-June 1988, (d) in May-June 1985 and (e) in May-June 1979.
Mr. Sainsbury : I refer the hon. Member to the current edition of the HM diplomatic service overseas reference list, a copy of which is in the Library of the House. Actual staff levels vary from day to day, depending on leave, training and urgent operational requirements. The other information requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
USSR--South Korea Relations
Mr. Alex Carlile : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether, in its capacity as a member of the Security Council, the United Kingdom has been involved in recent developments concerning relations between the Soviet Union and the Republic of South Korea ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Sainsbury : No. We welcome the meeting between President Roh and President Gorbachev, in San Francisco on 4 June, as an important step towards the improvement of relations between the Soviet Union and the Republic of Korea. We hope that this will also improve the prospects for peace on the Korean peninsula.
Yemen
Mr. Alex Carlile : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the United Kingdom's relations with Yemen.
Mr. Waldegrave : We enjoy good relations with the Republic of Yemen. This was reflected in messages of
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congratulations from the Queen and my right hon. Friends the Prime Minister and the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on the occasion of the unification of the Yemen Arab Republic and the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen on 22 May. We wish the Government and people of the Republic of Yemen well.Anti-Semitism
Mr. Alex Carlile : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on United Kingdom Government policy on the increase in anti-Semitism in eastern Europe and the Soviet Union.
Mr. Waldegrave : We of course deplore anti-Semitism in all its forms and will continue to do all we can to counter it. Our embassies in eastern Europe are monitoring the situation carefully. There have been some reported incidents of anti-Semitism, and the freer atmosphere has allowed it to be expressed openly, but we do not think that there has been a general increase in anti-Semitism in the area.
Liberia
Mr. Alex Carlile : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if the United Kingdom Government propose any assistance towards ending the civil war in Liberia ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Waldegrave : We are following the situation in Liberia closely through our embassy in Monrovia. We hope that the talks in Freetown between the Liberian Government and opposition forces will lead to a peaceful solution for this troubled country. We are funding an eight-man UNDRO relief team at a cost of £200,000.
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