Question for short debate on Thursday, 5 February 2009, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Morris of Manchester. The answering member was Baroness Taylor of Bolton.

Gulf War Illnesses

Lords question for short debate on what assessment they have now made of the findings, published on 17 November 2008, of the Congressionally-mandated United States Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Illnesses.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 707 c844-60
Session: 2008-09
Department: Ministry of Defence
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords chamber
Related items: Deposited Paper DEP2009-1684
Monday, 15 June 2009
Deposited papers
House of Lords
Proceeding contributions: Lord Thomas of Gresford | 707 c852-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I also congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Morris, on bringing this debate forward, and reco...; Lord Astor of Hever | 707 c854-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the House will be enormously grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Morris of Manchester, for in...; Lord Craig of Radley | 707 c849-51 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Morris of Manchester, on obtaining this debate. It giv...; Lord Gilbert | 707 c851-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I crave your indulgence to speak in the gap. My noble friend Lord Morris of Manchester acq...; Baroness Taylor of Bolton | 707 c855-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we have had an interesting, if brief, debate. The one point that unites everyone in this H...; Lord Morris of Manchester | 707 c844 (Link to this contribution) To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have now made of the findings, published on 17 ...; Lord Lloyd of Berwick | 707 c849 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall complete it in two sentences. I need only say that no department likes to set a pr...; Lord Brett | 707 c849 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we are limited to a 10-minute contribution in this debate, and the noble Lord has taken 12...; Lord Lloyd of Berwick | 707 c847-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Morris of Manchester, on securing this important debat...; Lord Morris of Manchester | 707 c844-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we are met to debate a report which, exhaustively researched and of excelling integrity, i...; Lord Thomas of Gresford | 707 c857 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in assessing the evidence, what standard of proof does the ministry demand? Is it proof be...; Baroness Taylor of Bolton | 707 c857-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, one of the problems is that there is a lot of contradictory evidence and a lot of ifs, but...; Lord Craig of Radley | 707 c858 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I draw attention to the phraseology on page 10 under the heading ““What the Weight of Evid...; Baroness Taylor of Bolton | 707 c858-60 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am not trying to make judgments about what would happen in a court of law; I am trying t...; Lord Lloyd of Berwick | 707 c857 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, would the noble Baroness not accept, even on the basis of the executive summary, that this...; Baroness Taylor of Bolton | 707 c857 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble and learned Lord did identify those causes, but the report also states that Gulf...
Subjects: Chemical weapons Health services Health hazards Iraq-Kuwait conflict Preventive medicine Research War pensions USA Gulf War syndrome Organophosphates Pyridostigmine bromide US Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses Veterans
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Gulf War Illnesses

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