Will the Minister agree with me that one of the key things in this is to have the two super blocks come together and not just on nuclear disarmament but on general disarmament and on the preservation of world peace? Will he agree with me furthermore that an essential ingredient in that coming together of the super powers in these issues is the settlement of all international disputes by peaceful means, preferably by the UN? To that extent, will he not agree that the action by the American Government in Libya was, unfortunately, if for no other reason very regrettable in that it damaged that process of the two super powers combining for peaceful purposes?

I agree. We would like to see disputes anywhere in the world settled by peaceful means. I said that in this House a fortnight ago and we said it jointly among the Twelve. We felt that these matters should be settled in a peaceful, negotiated way and not by violence. That applies to virtually any conflict in the world and we continually advocate the use of the United Nations in the Middle East, Iran and Iraq, in the dispute between Tripoli and the United States and also in Central America.