That this House calls on the US Administration to follow procedures outlined in the Geneva Conventions to determine the status of all battlefield prisoners whether in Cuba or Afghanistan.

That this House calls on the US Administration to follow procedures outlined in the Geneva Conventions to determine the status of all battlefield prisoners whether in Cuba or Afghanistan.

That this House views with horror the indiscriminate and inhumane civilian carnage caused by anti-personnel mines in over 60 countries; notes that anti-personnel mines remain active for decades, hindering development and causing injury and death; notes the production of a US Department of Defense report in June 1994 which examines the military utility of anti-personnel mines to US forces in the context of the US's overall military strategy and which questions the utility of anti-personnel mines to US armed forces; expresses concern that UK policy on anti-personnel mines, which could affect millions of civilians in poor countries, is based on a paucity of similar research; notes that UK policy does not support a global ban on the production and use of anti-personnel mines, and supports the export of anti-personnel mines which allegedly self-destruct or self-neutralise; notes that the Ministry of Defence has conducted no research into the failure rates of such self-destructing or self-neutralising anti-personnel mines; and therefore, with a view to exploring thoroughly the subject of the military utility of anti-personnel mines against their humanitarian cost, calls upon the Government, in consultation with expert UK mine-clearance charities, to publish detailed research examining the utility of anti-personnel mines to UK forces in the context of the UK's overall military strategy, and to publish research examining the failure rates of currently available anti-personnel mines which allegedly self-destruct or self-neutralise, and their purchase cost.

That this House views with horror the indiscriminate and inhumane civilian carnage caused by anti-personnel mines in over 60 countries; notes that anti-personnel mines remain active for decades, hindering development and causing injury and death; notes the production of a US Department of Defense report in June 1994 which examines...