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Cluster Munitions (Prohibitions) Bill [HL]

My Lords, very briefly, I am most grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Howell, for having raised a point which I introduced at Second Reading. I thought that the Minister’s response at Second Reading was helpful but what I am really seeking is a statement—as on the record as possible, if not in the Bill—that there is complete compatibility between the 2008 order and the provisions of the Bill. I am not sure how best this can be done, although it could be through a parliamentary Question or something such as that. When the Minister rises to her feet in this Committee and says that it is so, I do not doubt for one minute that it is indeed so. It would be helpful to the Government as well as everyone else if it was made absolutely clear that these two provisions, which could be construed in slightly different ways, are identical.