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Dr. David Clark
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans his Department has to purchase anti-personnel land mines. [37893]
Mr. Arbuthnot
We are currently considering our future requirements for anti-personnel land mines, but have reached no decisions. Any new mines introduced into service would have a self-destruct capability and would fully meet the requirements of the international laws of armed conflict.