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date	25/05/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Cluster Munitions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information his Department holds on the (a) use and (b) location of UK-manufactured cluster bombs that were produced before the UK signed the Convention of Cluster Munitions.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Dr Tania Mathias
uin	38544
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2016 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence does not routinely hold records of the use by other nations or location of UK manufactured defence exports of any type.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 06/06/2016 15:11:47 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	4404 label Biography information for Dr Tania Mathias

525569

registered interest
date	15/06/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Cluster Munitions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department considers that the use of cluster munitions is always unlawful under international humanitarian law because of their indiscriminate nature.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	40776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2016 answer text <p>Since becoming a signatory to the Oslo Convention on Cluster Munitions it is now unlawful for the UK to use cluster munitions under any circumstances.</p><p>For those states not currently a signatory to the Oslo Convention then the use of cluster munitions may be legitimate provided that they are used within the clearly defined limitations of International Humanitarian Law.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 28/06/2016 15:09:58 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

529242

registered interest
date	28/06/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Cluster Munitions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information the Government holds on stockpiles of cluster munitions in countries other than the UK.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
uin	41378
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2016 answer text <p>At least 108 nations are signatory to the Convention on Cluster Munitions. The Ministry of Defence does not routinely hold information on whether non-signatories possess cluster munitions and their stockpiles.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 06/07/2016 15:06:56 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier