§ Mrs. ClwydTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether measures have been proposed by Her Majesty's Government to help verify and enforce an updated UN inhumane weapons convention; and what is his assessment of their effectiveness.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggThe UN inhumane weapons convention is to be reviewed in September this year. We have played a full and active part in preparations for the review conference and shall continue to work hard to secure a strengthened and more effective convention at the conference itself.