TREATY TO BAN CLUSTER MUNITIONS

Early day motion 1673, tabled 3 June 2008 by Martin Caton (Labour). Signed by 87 members.

That this House welcomes the historic agreement reached in Dublin on 28th May 2008 creating a new international convention prohibiting the use, production, stockpiling and transfer of all cluster munitions that cause unacceptable harm to civilians; recognises that cluster munitions have killed and maimed many non-combatants in and after conflicts around the world; congratulates all the countries that have been involved in the Oslo process to secure this agreement and the non-governmental organisations that have campaigned so effectively to achieve this major step forward; and applauds the United Kingdom Government for the part it has played and for declaring that it will take out of service the cluster munitions it currently retains, including the M85 and M73 weapons, and that it will require United States stockpiles of cluster munitions to be removed from United Kingdom soil.

Signatures by party: Labour 56, Liberal Democrat 21, Independent 2, Plaid Cymru 2, Scottish National Party 2, Social Democratic and Labour Party 2, DUP 1, UKIP 1.