asked Her Majesty's Government:What consideration they are giving to (a) the report on Anti-Personnel Mines by Brigadier P Blagden, mines clearance advisor to the United Nations, made to the Red Cross, and (b) the open letter to President Clinton signed by General N Schwarzkopf and 14 senior military leaders, recommending a "total and permanent international ban on production, stockpiling, sale and use of anti-personnel land-mines"; and when they expect to reach conclusions on these matters.

I refer the noble Lord to the reply given on 23rd April by my honourable friend the Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Official Report, Commons, Col. 84).