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Cluster Munitions (Prohibitions) Bill [HL]

My Lords, very much in the spirit of the previous intervention by my noble friend Lord Hannay, I suspect that the figures for this sort of requirement have not yet been worked out. Indeed, I think it took a long time for the figures to be worked out as to what was appropriate in the landmines treaty. The French, in particular, did a great deal of work on this. Again, my question is whether this is something which, in future, could be added to the Bill if it is not possible to work out what the requirements are now. It is something that must be kept under review particularly because, in all the countermeasures that have to be worked out, you cannot do without the weapons themselves.