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Written question asked by Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 16 March 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 18 March 2010. It was answered by Bill Rammell (Labour) on Thursday, 25 March 2010 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.


Cluster Munitions

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence by what date all US cluster munitions will have been removed from the UK.
Answer

The US has identified the cluster munitions on UK territory as exceeding their worldwide operational planning requirements. Baroness Kinnock during the Cluster Munitions (Prohibitions) Bill Second Reading in the House of Lords on 8 December 2009, Official Report, column 1020, announced that these cluster munitions will be removed from sites in the UK in 2010 and from all UK territories by 2013.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
508 c415W; 323335
Session
2009-10
Subjects
Cluster munitions
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk