§ Mr. DalyellTo ask the Attorney-General whether the Government have ratified the 1981 specific conventional weapons convention and the protocol on prohibitions or restrictions on the use of incendiary weapons.
§ The Attorney-GeneralThe United Kingdom signed the convention on prohibitions or restrictions on the use of certain conventional weapons which may be deemed to be excessively injurious or to have indiscriminate effects on 10 April 1981. It has not ratified the convention or accepted the protocol on prohibitions or restrictions on the use of incendiary weapons—protocol III to the convention.