Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 17 January 1991.
Mr John Major
, Huntingdon
12:00,
17 January 1991
On the first point, the conflict can cease when it becomes clear beyond doubt that the Iraqis are moving out of Kuwait and we are certain that that is the case. That has been and will continue to be the position.
On the use of nuclear weapons, I think that I made it clear in the debate the other day that we did not envisage the use of nuclear weapons. To the best of our knowledge Iraq does not have a nuclear capacity. Under the non-proliferation treaty, which has been signed by the United States and ourselves, we would not therefore use them.