HC Deb 23 February 1995 vol 255 cc280-1W
Mr. Thurnham

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when the Government plans to ratify the 1981 United Nations weaponry convention, in particular protocol II in relation to the use of land mines.

Mr. David Davis

The United Kingdom permanent representative to the UN in New York deposited the United Kingdom's instrument of ratification with the UN Secretary-General on 13 February. We will be bound by all three protocols to the convention which cover the use of non-detectable fragments, land mines and booby-traps, and incendiary weapons.