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Cluster Munitions (Prohibitions) Bill [Lords]

If the hon. Gentleman is getting the briefings, they might be described as unexploded briefs. On a more serious note, does the Minister agree that if cluster munitions were used in first-world countries rather than distant and impoverished third-world countries with weak international voices, there would be an outcry? We would never dream of allowing such munitions to be deployed here or in the US, but we are willing to allow those very dangerous devices to be used in far-off countries, where the collateral damage is rarely suffered by western civilian and military personnel.