CLUSTER MUNITIONS (No. 4)

Early day motion 1501, tabled 17 May 2007 by Martin Caton (Labour). Signed by 57 members.

That this House notes the report by the charity Handicap International, Circle of Impact: The fatal footprint of cluster munitions on people and communities, which reveals that some 440 million cluster bomblets have been dropped in just nine countries since 1965; is appalled that it is estimated that between 22 million and 32 million of these remain unexploded, presenting a threat to innocent civilians trying to carry on their daily lives for decades into the future; recognises that cluster bomblets, like anti-personnel mines, especially endanger children; welcomes the meeting in Lima to discuss a draft treaty to ban these bombs; and calls on the UK Government to take a lead by renouncing the use of cluster munitions and destroying the stockpiles that its defence forces hold.

Signatures by party: Labour 32, Liberal Democrat 17, Conservative 3, DUP 1, Independent 1, Plaid Cymru 1, Scottish National Party 1, Social Democratic and Labour Party 1.