A question on #StrategicDefenceReview tabled by Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton on 25-06-2025 has been answered by Lord Coaker.

Heading: Strategic Defence Review
Question ID: 1816760
UIN: HL8845
House: Lords
Date tabled: 2025-06-25
Asking Member ID: 1544
Asking Member display name: Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
Asking Member handle: MarkLancasterMK
Asking Member Twitter reference: @MarkLancasterMK
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask His Majesty's Government whether withdrawing from the Ottawa Treaty would have any benefit in meeting recommendation 42 of the Strategic Defence Review 2025 "to increase lethality ten-fold".
Is named day: false
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Date answered: 2025-07-02
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Is holding answer: false
Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 360
Answering Member display name: Lord Coaker
Answering Member handle: Vernon_Coaker
Answering Member Twitter reference: @Vernon_Coaker
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Answer text: The Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction (also known as the Ottawa Convention) continues to play an important role in protecting civilians from harm caused by anti-...
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Answering body ID: 11
Answering body name: Ministry of Defence
Tweeted: true