§ Mr. LuffTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he has taken to introduce controls on the production, stockpiling and transfer of anti-personnel mines apart from the recent extension of the moratorium on the export of anti-personnel land mines from the Untied Kingdom. [31032]
§ Mr. David DavisWe have been working with the Untied States for some time on ideas for regulating the production, stockpiling and transfer of anti-personnel land mines. I am pleased to announce that we and the United States have reached agreement on proposals for a land mine control programme. These will be discussed at an international meeting in Budapest, Hungary, on 29 and 30 June at which a number of European countries and others from key regions will be represented. Our aim is to reduce the dangers to civilians from anti-personnel land mines, by seeking international agreement to effective controls.
I shall place a summary of the proposed programme in the Library of the House.