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Motion · S5M-23145 · 27 Oct 2020

Falkland Islands Mine-free

Lodged by Keith Brown (Scottish National Party) Members' Business Motion 20 supporters

The motion

That the Parliament acknowledges its ongoing relationship with the Legislative Assembly of the Falkland Islands through the work of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association; notes that, on 14 November 2020, more than 38 years after several thousand land mines were laid during the Falklands Conflict, the Falkland Islands will be declared mine-free; acknowledges that this marks the UK’s fulfilment of its clearance obligation under the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention; pays tribute to the members of the UK Armed Forces, including those from Scotland, who contributed to mapping, fencing and clearing of the mine fields between 1982 and 2009 and the demining team from SafeLane Global Ltd, who, between 2009 and 2020, have destroyed over 10,000 mines and other assorted items of unexploded ordnance; understands that the project has released 23 million square meters of land allowing access to large areas of ground that had been fenced off for 38 years; appreciates the great sense of excitement and emotion in the local communities at the prospect of finally being mine-free, particularly around Yorke Bay, which is a beautiful beach close to Stanley that local people never believed they would be able to enjoy again, and welcomes that the people of the Falkland Islands will no longer have to teach their children about dangers of minefields.

Supporters (20)

Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.