Written question asked by Lord Taylor of Goss Moor (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 11 December 2001, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 18 December 2001. It was answered by Lord Moonie (Labour) on Tuesday, 18 December 2001 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Ministry of Defence

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what dates the Health and Safety Executive has conducted formal inspections of the chemical and biological defence establishment, Porton Down since 31st May 2000. - Inc table.

Answer: Matthew Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence on what dates the Health and Safety Executive has conducted formal inspections of the chemical and biological defence establishment, Porton Down, since 31 May 2000. [22934] Dr. Moonie: Since May 2000 there have been five occasions when representatives of the Health and Safety Executive have visited Dst1 (formerly DERA) Porton Down. These are as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Date Area visited Issues May 2000 Explosives handling area Formal inspection of explosive handling activities August 2000 Safety cell Introduce new HSE Inspector October 2000 Biomedical sciences Routine preventative visit November 2000 Biomedical sciences Routine preventative visit November 2001 Biomedical sciences Routine visit to discuss high containment facilities _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 377 c174W; 22934
Session: 2001-02
Subjects: Inspections Health and safety Health and Safety Executive Chemical and Biological Defence Establishment
Contains statistics: Yes
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