Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 22 September 2020 to Question 88867 on Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons, whether the UK abides by the spirit of Protocol V by adhering to Article 4 and making information on the use or abandonment during armed conflict of explosive ordnance which may have become explosive remnants of war available to the party or parties in control of the affected area following the cessation or activities in such area.

The UK continues to abide by the spirit of Protocol V of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons and adheres to Article 4, which outlines the obligations for Parties to the Convention on the recording, retaining and transmission of information.