Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask His Majesty's Government what (1) operational, and (2) net, assessments they have made of the effectiveness of cluster munitions and anti-personnel landmines.

Cluster munitions and anti-personnel landmines present an enduring risk to civilians in the wake of conflict. The UK has successfully operated without anti-personnel landmines and cluster munitions for fifteen and twenty-five years respectively, and in that time have developed alternative policies and systems.