Andrew Bartlett (Queensland, Australian Democrats) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. I thank the minister for his answer. Is he able, either now or on notice, to indicate any date for a formal establishment of the commission and also whether the commission will have the scope to propose alternatives or changes to the nuclear non-proliferation treaty, or the establishment of a new treaty to supersede the existing one that he has acknowledged has some problems? Can he also, as part of the statement he has made confirming the government’s commitment to increasing the effectiveness of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty, reconfirm the previously stated position of the government that it will not support uranium exports or sales to India or any other country that is currently outside or not signatory to the NPT?