There is growing international concern about the health risks it poses to combatants, civilians, and the environment. Depleted uranium has been described as the Agent Orange of the 21st century. PHIL TWYFORD: This bill would ban the possession, use, sale, manufacture, testing, and transit of uranium weapons within New Zealand and by agents of the New Zealand Government. The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Lindsay Tisch): The member has the floor. I nominate the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee to consider the bill. That the Depleted Uranium (Prohibition) Bill be now read a first time.
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