Written question asked by Lord Clark of Windermere (Labour), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 18 December 1996. It was answered by Lord Soames of Fletching (Conservative) on Wednesday, 18 December 1996 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

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Ministry of Defence

Question

If he will include in the investigation, being conducted by his Department's Permanent Under-Secretary into the misleading of the House, on the issue of organophosphate pesticide use the conclusions of the inquiry conducted by his Department's security official Mr A. G. Rucker into the alleged theft of Gulf War Syndrome documents, as reported to him by the honourable Member for South Shields in November 1995; how many of Gulf war veterans examined by medical assessment programme have been found to be suffering from kidney and liver damage, lung complications, osteoporosis and neurological damage; on how many occasions information was provided in background material to parliamentary answers on possible local purchase of organophosphate pesticides between October 1995 and September 1996; how many medical records of those serving in Gulf war are currently missing; and steps being taken to recover them; and to name staff undertaking clinical work for MOD as part of medical assessment programme. - Will write.

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Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

287 c630W; 9727;9723;9725;9722;9724

Session

1996-97

Subjects

Armed forces Casualties Inquiries House of Commons Documents Iraq-Kuwait conflict Medical records Pesticides Medicine Ministry of Defence Research Theft Gulf War syndrome Organophosphates Parliamentary questions Organophosphate Pesticide Investigation Team

Contains statistics

Yes