To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if his Department will assist Landmine Action in their discussions with the government of Sri Lanka on the non-use of anti-personnel mines. [111070]

The Government is fully committed to the universalisation of the Ottawa Convention. My officials are in regular contact with Landmine Action, and we support their efforts to encourage non-States Party, including Sri Lanka, to sign up to the Convention.The United Kingdom is in the early stages of assisting the Sri Lankan Army in a restructuring process. This will cover many strands, of which one will be the issue of anti-personnel landmines.