§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the recent report by the United Nations Secretary General which calls for a total ban on the export of anti-personnel land mines. [34211]
§ Mr. ArbuthnotWe support international efforts to strengthen controls on the use, production, stockpiling and transfer of anti-personnel land mines, but believe that total ban at this stage would neither secure broad international agreement nor be properly implemented.