Question for short debate on Monday, 29 March 2010, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Morris of Manchester. The answering member was Lord Tunnicliffe.

Gulf War: Veterans

Lords question for short debate on what further consideration the Ministry of Defence has given to the implications for British veterans of the 1990-91 Gulf War of the findings of the congressionally mandated and funded United States Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War illnesses on the toxic effects of exposure to organophosphates and of the nerve agent pre-treatment sets (NAPS) tablets given to British troops deployed to the conflict.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 718 c471-85GC
Session: 2009-10
Department: Ministry of Defence
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords Grand Committee
Proceeding contributions: Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall | 718 c485GC (Link to this contribution) The Committee will adjourn until 4.30 pm. Sitting suspended.; Lord Morris of Manchester | 718 c471-4GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we are met to debate the importance of the landmark findings of US congressionally-mandate...; Lord Lloyd of Berwick | 718 c476GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I put my name down to speak in this debate because Gulf War illness is a subject in which ...; Lord Craig of Radley | 718 c474-5GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Morris, on obtaining this debate, and I apologise for ...; Lord Tyler | 718 c476-8GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, pay tribute to the noble Lord, Lord Morris of Manchester, who has, in his characte...; Lord Tunnicliffe | 718 c480-1GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, thank the noble Lord, Lord Morris, for maintaining the Government’s alertness to t...; Lord Tyler | 718 c482GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister. On that specific point, will he confirm that, as a result of the expe...; Lord Tunnicliffe | 718 c483-5GC (Link to this contribution) I thank my noble friend for his intervention. As I said, we will always be sensitive to any informat...; Lord Morris of Manchester | 718 c471GC (Link to this contribution) To ask Her Majesty’s Government what further consideration the Ministry of Defence has given to the ...; Lord Luke | 718 c478-80GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Morris, on securing a debate on this difficult subject...; Lord Tunnicliffe | 718 c482-3GC (Link to this contribution) I can assure the noble Lord that we did learn from the events of 1991, one lesson being the importan...; Lord Morris of Manchester | 718 c483GC (Link to this contribution) It is good of my noble friend to give way, and I am most grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken...
Subjects: Compensation Chemical weapons Health hazards Iraq-Kuwait conflict Preventive medicine Research Vaccination War pensions USA Gulf War syndrome Organophosphates Pyridostigmine bromide US Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses US Institute of Medicine Veterans Sarin
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Gulf War: Veterans

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