§ Norman LambTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) if he will make a statement on the storage of landmines in the Gulf region by DynCorp Aerospace Ltd.; [107172]
(2) whether an investigation has been launched into the activities of DynCorp Aerospace Ltd., in respect of the storage of landmines in the Gulf region; whether information relating to possible breaches of the Landmines Act 1998 by DynCorp Aerospace Ltd. has been passed by his Department to the police; and whether employees of DynCorp Aerospace Ltd. have been prosecuted for breaches of the Landmines Act 1998. [107171]
§ Mr. RammellThe Foreign and Commonwealth Office is not aware that any investigation has been launched into the activities of DynCorp Aerospace Ltd. or that any of its employees have been prosecuted for breaches of the 1998 Landmines Act. The Department has not come into the possession of any relevant evidence, though naturally, if it were to do so, it would pass this to the police for investigation.