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Statement on the policy of Her Majesty's Government on the import, export, transfer, manufacture and use of anti-personnel land mines.
Statement on the policy of Her Majesty's Government on the import, export, transfer, manufacture and use of anti-personnel land mines.
Asked by
Helen Jackson
(Labour)
Answered by
Robin Cook
(Labour)
Answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Type
Written questions
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Answered
For answer on
21 May 1997
Answered on
21 May 1997
Mrs. Helen Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the policy of Her Majesty's
Government on the import, export, transfer, manufacture and use of anti-personnel land mines. [1067]
Mr. Robin Cook: As announced earlier today by my right hon. Friend we shall implement our manifesto commitment to ban the import,
export, transfer and manufacture of all forms of anti-personnel land mines.
We will accelerate the phasing out of our stocks of anti-personnel land mines, and complete it by 2005 or when an effective
international agreement to ban their use enters into force, whichever comes first. In the meantime, we have introduced a complete
moratorium on their operational use, while we participate constructively in the Ottawa Process and push in the Conference on
Disarmament in Geneva for a wider ban.
That moratorium will be suspended only if we judge that for a specific operation the security of our Armed Forces would be
jeopardised without the possibility of the use of anti-personnel land mines. In such an exceptional case we would report to
Parliament the decision, and the circumstances which led to it.
We shall also examine how we can make more progress in removing mines already laid across the world.
Subjects
Defence; Arms control; Arms trade; Landmines; Procurement; Negotiations; Conferences
Date
21 May 1997
Reference
1067; 294 c72W
House
House of Commons
Queens speech debate (second day) on foreign affairs and defence.
Queens speech debate (second day) on foreign affairs and defence.
Lead member
Malcolm Rifkind
Answering member
Robin Cook
Department
Ministry of Defence; Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Type
Queen's speech debates
Procedure
Addresses to the Crown
Subjects
Armed forces; Defence; Deployment; Cyprus; EU enlargement; European Union; Hong Kong; Foreign policy; Nuclear weapons; Procurement; Trade; BSE; NATO; Western European Union; Middle East; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Intergovernmental Conference 1996; Free trade; EU social policy
Date
24 October 1996
Reference
284 c129-226
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House of Commons chamber
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House of Commons