Cluster Munitions
(asked on 17th January 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make it her Department's policy to provide direct funding to ensure the clearing of UK-produced cluster munitions.
This question was answered on 24th January 2017
DFID funds clearance of cluster munitions, landmines and other explosive remnants of war irrespective of their origin through its Global Mine Action Programme, through the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund, and through the DFID Afghanistan programme. The Global Mine Action Programme has delivered 2,086ha of land back to productive use, saving lives and supporting livelihoods.