Written question asked by Llew Smith (Labour) on Tuesday, 15 October 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 23 October 2002. It was answered by Denis MacShane (Labour) on Wednesday, 23 October 2002 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information was produced by UNSCOM to December 1998 that identified United Kingdom origin technology and material discoveries in production plants used for the manufacture of (a) chemical weapons or their pre-cursor agents, (b) biological weapons and (c) nuclear weapons or fissile material manufacture or processing.

Answer: Llew Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what information was produced by UNSCOM to December 1998 that identified United Kingdom origin technology and material discoveries in production plants used for the manufacture of (a) chemical weapons or their pre-cursor agents, (b) biological weapons and (c) nuclear weapons or fissile material manufacture or processing. [75824] Mr. MacShane: Reports of all of UNSCOM's findings are published on the UNSCOM website (www.un.org/unscom). During their inspections, UNSCOM and the IAEA Action Team identified items imported directly or via middle-men from a variety of countries, including some of UK origin at sites that they visited.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 75824; 391 c359W;391 c357W
Session: 2001-02
Subjects: Chemical weapons Biological weapons Arms trade Inspections Iraq Nuclear weapons Radioactive materials Weapons UN Special Commission on Iraq
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