§ Mr. MaddenTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for South Shields (Dr. Clark) of 27 January,Official Report, column 445, for what reasons Her Majesty's Government do not include land mines possessing a self-destruct mechanism in their moratorium on the export of land mines. [23094]
§ Mr. FreemanAs announced by the Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, on 15 March 1995,Official Report, column 862, the Government have extended the moratorium on the export of anti-personnel land mines, so that it is now prohibited to export non-self-destruct and non-detectable anti-personnel land mines to any destination, and to export any type of anti-personnel land mine to countries which have not ratified the United Nations weaponry convention.