Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Alan Duncan (Conservative), on Wednesday, 15 November 2006, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 61 members in total.

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INTERNATIONAL ARMS TRADE TREATY

That this House is dismayed at the continued uncontrolled proliferation of arms around the globe which results in one death every minute, undermines development, fuels conflict and enables criminal activity to flourish; notes that the British defence export industry operates to some of the highest standards in the world; considers that any measure that would make other countries live up to the same high standards would be of direct advantage to the British defence export industry and would benefit international security in general; welcomes the UN General Assembly's decision to begin work on drawing up an International Arms Trade Treaty during 2007; and calls on the Government to continue to support the principle of an International Arms Treaty and to urge the UK's international partners to offer their support.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

15 

Session

2006-07

Other sponsors

Andrew Mitchell

Mark Prisk

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

Tobias Ellwood

Charles Hendry

Subjects

Arms control Arms trade Treaties

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk