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Debate on bill and Committee proceeding on Wednesday, 6 January 2010, in the House of Lords.

Cluster Munitions (Prohibitions) Bill [HL]

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Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
716 c1-20GC 
Session
2009-10
Department
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords Grand Committee
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Proceeding contributions
Lord Howell of Guildford | 716 c3GC (Link to this contribution) 1: Clause 2, page 1, line 21, at end insert— "( ) directly or indirectly provide monies that are use...
Lord Howell of Guildford | 716 c3GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am a little puzzled, because I have not yet moved Amendment 1; I have only spoken to Cla...
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Lord Elton | 716 c5GC (Link to this contribution) For the sake of clarity, I think that the noble Lord, Lord Hannay, referred to an amendment at a lat...
Lord Howell of Guildford | 716 c7-8GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we come to really quite difficult parts of this basically excellent Bill, and I would valu...
Lord Howell of Guildford | 716 c12-3GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister. I have a secret to share with the noble Lord, Lord Hannay. ...
Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead | 716 c16GC (Link to this contribution) I thank noble Lords. I can of course reassure the noble Lord, Lord Hannay, that we intend to take a ...
Lord Elton | 716 c17GC (Link to this contribution) Perhaps I may first ask the Minister how the Secretary of State will satisfy himself that the return...
Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead | 716 c2-3GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Lord for his comments. I hope that I can clarify to his satisfaction the...
Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall | 716 c1GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I remind the Committee that if a Division is called in the Chamber while the Committee is ...
Lord Howell of Guildford | 716 c1-2GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I should make it clear at the outset of these amendments that we on this side are strongly...
Lord Howell of Guildford | 716 c5GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Minister’s remarks are entirely constructive and helpful and clarify the Government’s ...
Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead | 716 c5GC (Link to this contribution) I thank the noble Lord for asking for that clarification. It is indeed the case that if we do not pr...
Lord Howell of Guildford | 716 c5-6GC (Link to this contribution) We come to Clause 6, which deals with other purposes permitted by the convention—permitted purposes,...
Lord Howell of Guildford | 716 c7GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister. On the last point, I was coming to the question of those of...
Lord Hannay of Chiswick | 716 c9-10GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I share the views expressed by the noble Lord, Lord Howell, on interoperability and I go a...
Lord Howell of Guildford | 716 c13GC (Link to this contribution) 3: Clause 16, page 12, line 32, at beginning insert "there is evidence that"
Lord Elton | 716 c11GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I join the chorus of concern on this issue because the confidence of our own troops in our...
Lord Dubs | 716 c10GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I agree with what the noble Lord, Lord Hannay, has said. I draw further comfort from the w...
Lord Ramsbotham | 716 c10GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, go along with everything said by the noble Lord, Lord Howell, in particular the im...
Lord Howell of Guildford | 716 c14-5GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister and I am reassured as to the concern for individual rights and the ca...
Lord Howell of Guildford | 716 c15GC (Link to this contribution) 4: Clause 20, page 15, line 19, at end insert— "( ) Notwithstanding any other provision of this sect...
Lord Howell of Guildford | 716 c15GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this amendment is part of a general concern about how the authorities, Parliament and the ...
Lord Hannay of Chiswick | 716 c18GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, very briefly, I am most grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Howell, for having raised a point...
Lord Howell of Guildford | 716 c17GC (Link to this contribution) 5: Clause 34, page 21, line 34, at beginning insert "Subject to the Secretary of State issuing a sta...
Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead | 716 c5GC (Link to this contribution) That was the presumption that I made also.
Lord Howell of Guildford | 716 c3GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is worth noting both for ourselves and for future discussions in another place that we ...
Lord Ramsbotham | 716 c6GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, very much in the spirit of the previous intervention by my noble friend Lord Hannay, I sus...
Lord Boyd of Duncansby | 716 c6GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, following on from the noble Lord’s remarks, it is also important that munitions are kept f...
Lord Lee of Trafford | 716 c7GC (Link to this contribution) I have one question on overseas stockpiles. I think we are talking in particular about US stockpiles...
Lord Howell of Guildford | 716 c5GC (Link to this contribution) 2: Clause 6, page 4, line 43, at end insert— "( ) The Secretary of State shall publish guidance sett...
Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead | 716 c14GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Lord and will make every effort to offer the clarification that he reque...
Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead | 716 c11-2GC (Link to this contribution) I thank noble Lords. I understand very well why the noble Lords, Lord Hannay and Lord Howell, raised...
Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead | 716 c17GC (Link to this contribution) I imagine that it will be done in the same way as with the landmines convention. The same processes ...
Lord Howell of Guildford | 716 c17GC (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for her comments and am reassured by her statement that the Ministry of Defence...
Lord Hannay of Chiswick | 716 c15-6GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support the views expressed by the noble Lord, Lord Howell, on this matter, because, as ...
Lord Howell of Guildford | 716 c17-8GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, your Lordships will be pleased to hear that this is the final amendment that I wish to rai...
Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead | 716 c19GC (Link to this contribution) It must be and I think I can assure the noble Lord that it is.
Lord Howell of Guildford | 716 c19-20GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, speaking for myself, the reassurances that the noble Lord, Lord Hannay, specified have bee...
Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead | 716 c3-4GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as noble Lords will know, the Convention on Cluster Munitions makes no mention of the prov...
Lord Hannay of Chiswick | 716 c4GC (Link to this contribution) I should like to ask the Minister a question, following her very helpful statement. I understand ent...
Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead | 716 c7GC (Link to this contribution) We will be permitted to require them to make such information available to us. The United States is ...
Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead | 716 c6-7GC (Link to this contribution) I thank the noble Lord. I hope that I can offer some of the definition and precision asked for on th...
Lord Boyd of Duncansby | 716 c8-9GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, Clause 9 deals with the issues that arise when our Armed Forces co-operate in a joint oper...
Lord Howell of Guildford | 716 c13-4GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, to be frank with your Lordships, I have a feeling that this amendment might have been bett...
Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead | 716 c18GC (Link to this contribution) Again, I thank the noble Lords for the points that they have raised. I understand that ensuring the ...
Lord Elton | 716 c19GC (Link to this contribution) I do not wish to protract proceedings, but will the definition of cluster munitions be the same in b...
Subjects
Armed conflict Arms control Cluster munitions International cooperation Powers of entry Convention on Cluster Munitions
Legislation
Cluster Munitions (Prohibitions) Bill (HL) 2009-10
Link
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