Further to the Written Answer by Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean on 4 November (606 c104WA) on the subject of Article 1 of the Space Treaty, whether military espionage and other hostile military activities carried on in outer space are "for the benefit and in the interest of all countries"...

Further to the Written Answer by Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean on 4 November (606 c104WA) on the subject of Article 1 of the Space Treaty, whether military espionage and other hostile military activities carried on in outer space are "for the benefit and in the interest of all countries"...

Whether they have been informed by the United States Government about the intended uses of the space-based infrared system, new construction for which by the United States National Security Agency at Menwith Hill is being funded by the United States Ballistic Missile Defense Organisation for use with the United States...

Whether they have been informed by the United States Government about the intended uses of the space-based infrared system, new construction for which by the United States National Security Agency at Menwith Hill is being funded by the United States Ballistic Missile Defense Organisation for use with the United States...

Whether certain states are conducting military espionage or other hostile military activities in outer space; and, if so, whether these states are acting in contravention of Article 1 of the 1967 Treaty Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, which states that, "the exploration...

Whether certain states are conducting military espionage or other hostile military activities in outer space; and, if so, whether these states are acting in contravention of Article 1 of the 1967 Treaty Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, which states that, "the exploration...

Whether they consider, in the light of the increasing uses being made for political, social, economic and military purposes of space, it may now be desirable to set up an internationally agreed framework to develop and enforce international law in space.

Whether they consider, in the light of the increasing uses being made for political, social, economic and military purposes of space, it may now be desirable to set up an internationally agreed framework to develop and enforce international law in space.

Whether they consider the siting of weapons in space should be a subject of preventive diplomacy by the United Nations or by any other party; and why successive British Governments have voted against or abstained from resolutions in the United Nations General Assembly on "preventing an arms race in outer...

Whether they consider the siting of weapons in space should be a subject of preventive diplomacy by the United Nations or by any other party; and why successive British Governments have voted against or abstained from resolutions in the United Nations General Assembly on "preventing an arms race in outer...

Whether they have given any undertakings to the United States not to object to its current research and development programmes for the siting of weapons in space as announced in the Quadrennial Defense Review and other official documents of the United States Administration. - No such undertakings have been given.

Whether they have given any undertakings to the United States not to object to its current research and development programmes for the siting of weapons in space as announced in the Quadrennial Defense Review and other official documents of the United States Administration. - No such undertakings have been given.