Written question asked by Ken Livingstone (Labour), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 18 July 1995. It was answered by Lord Soames of Fletching (Conservative) on Tuesday, 18 July 1995 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

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Ministry of Defence;Defence Evaluation and Research Agency

Question

What arrangements have existed to warn service personnel who took part in tests and studies in the service volunteers' programme at the chemical warfare establishment at Porton Down since 1965 of the risks to their health, both in the short-term and long-term, of the experiments; when these arrangements were put in place; and if they have conformed to the Nuremberg Code and Helsinki Declarations on medical research on humans; what arrangements have been made to obtain voluntary informed consent; when these arrangements were set up; and whether they conformed to Nuremberg code and Helsinki declarations. - Text of letter from John Chisholm of Defence Evaluation and Research Agency.

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Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

263 c1172-3W; 35570;35563

Session

1994-95

Subjects

Armed forces Chemical and biological warfare Defence Ethics Medicine Research Chemical and Biological Defence Establishment Human experiments Committee on the Safety of Human Experiments Independent Ethics Committee