HC Deb 12 July 1995 vol 263 cc591-2W
Mr. Cox

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with fellow members of the European Union as to a joint policy banning the selling of landmines; and if he will make a statement. [33488]

Mr. David Davis

On 12 May 1995, the Foreign Affairs Council adopted a European Union joint action on anti-personnel landmines. This comprises a European Union-wide moratorium on the export of anti-personnel landmines, identical in scope to our own national moratorium; joint efforts to strengthen the 1981 United Nations weaponry convention at a review conference due to take place in September; and support for demining.