Written question asked by Llew Smith (Labour) on Tuesday, 27 January 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 3 February 2004. It was answered by Denis MacShane (Labour) on Tuesday, 3 February 2004 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 specific steps have been taken by the Iraq Survey Group to follow up the unresolved disarmament issues in respect of (a) VX nerve agent, (b) thiodiglycol mustard gas precursor, (c) anthrax, (d) Al Samoud 2 rockets and (e) Al Fatah rockets presented to the United Nations Security Council by Dr Hans Blix on 27th January 2003.

Answer: Llew Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what specific steps have been taken by the Iraq Survey Group to follow up the unresolved disarmament issues in respect of (a) VX nerve agent, (b) thiodiglycol mustard gas precursor, (c) anthrax, (d) Al Samoud 2 rockets and (e) Al Fatah rockets presented to the United Nations Security Council by Dr. Hans Blix on 27 January 2003. [151969] Mr. MacShane: The Iraq Survey Group is continuing to search for any evidence of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction and programmes for their production. The Iraq Survey Group produced an interim report on its findings in October 2003.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 151969; 417 c842W;417 c843W
Session: 2003-04
Subjects: Chemical weapons Biological weapons Arms control Iraq Nuclear weapons Weapons Anthrax VX nerve gas
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