Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to uphold the commitment under the Convention on Cluster Munitions not to assist in the (a) use and (b) transfer of cluster munitions.

As a State Party to the Convention, the UK takes its obligations seriously. The UK discourages States from using cluster munitions and urges non-States Party to accede to the Convention without delay. In line with the provisions of the Convention, the UK engages in military co-operation and operations with non-States Party. In doing so, the UK does not assist anyone to engage in any activity prohibited to a State Party. The UK remains committed to ending the suffering and casualties caused by cluster munitions.