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Written question asked by Llew Smith (Labour), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 25 October 1994. It was answered by Lord Soames of Fletching (Conservative) on Wednesday, 26 October 1994 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.


Ministry of Defence;Chemical and Biological Defence Establishment

Question
How many servicemen or women have died as a result of experiments undertaken on them with chemical or biological warfare agents at Porton Down Chemical and Biological Defence Establishment. - Including figures and text of letter from Graham Pearson of Chemical and Biological Defence Establishment.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
248 c708W;248 c710W
Session
1993-94
Subjects
Armed forces Death Chemical and biological warfare Defence Chemical weapons Biological weapons Research Testing Chemical and Biological Defence Establishment Human experiments
Contains statistics
Yes