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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when the laboratory tests on the fresh samples of missile warhead fragments which were removed from Iraq earlier this year and are alleged to contain traces of VX nerve gas and VX stabiliser are expected to be completed.

Asked by
Ken Livingstone (Labour)
Answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
29 July 1998
Reference
53104; 317 c302W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, in which years each of the war pensions for former service personnel who participated in the nuclear tests programmes in Australia and the South Pacific and developed leukaemia, or the widows of such personnel, were awarded. - Including table.

Asked by
Ken Livingstone (Labour)
Answering body
Department of Social Security
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
20 April 1998
Reference
310 c544W; 38648
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, in what year each of the war pensions for former service personnel who participated in the nuclear tests programmes in Australia and the South Pacific and developed multiple myeloma were awarded. - Inc table.

Asked by
Ken Livingstone (Labour)
Answering body
Department of Social Security
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
13 March 1998
Reference
33876; 308 c400W
House
House of Commons

How many former service personnel who participated in the nuclear tests programmes in Australia and the South Pacific have been awarded war pensions after they developed (a) leukaemia, excluding chronic lymphatic or (b) multiple myeloma; when was the first time that former service personnel were awarded war pensions after developing...

Asked by
Ken Livingstone (Labour)
Answering body
Department of Social Security
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
6 March 1997
Reference
17952; 291 c717-8W
House
House of Commons

What is his policy in respect of claims that former service personnel who participated in the nuclear tests programme in Australia and the South Pacific have developed (a) leukaemia, excluding chronic lymphatic and (b) multiple myeloma as a result of those tests; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by
Ken Livingstone (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
28 February 1997
Reference
17953; 291 c402-3W
House
House of Commons
If he will list his official engagements for Tuesday 11th February.
Asked by
Ken Livingstone (Labour)
Answering body
Prime Minister
Prime Minister's questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Date
11 February 1997
Reference
290 c135; 13743
House
House of Commons
1st supplementary on letter detailing bacteriological warfare experiments on south coast in 1964 and 1977.
Asked by
Ken Livingstone (Labour)
Answering body
Prime Minister
Prime Minister's questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
11 February 1997
Reference
290 c135
House
House of Commons

What restrictions are placed on staff at the Chemical and Biological Defence Establishment in respect of testing chemical agents on themselves; when this policy was introduced; and if staff who break this policy are subject to disciplinary action. - Including text of letter from John Chisholm of the DERA.

Asked by
Ken Livingstone (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
9 May 1996
Reference
28037; 277 c221-2W
House
House of Commons

If the 21 safety audits referred to in his Answer of 18 July, Official Report, columns 175-6W reviewed the arrangements for carrying out tests and studies in the service volunteer programme. - Text of letter from John Chisholm of DERA.

Asked by
Ken Livingstone (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
23 November 1995
Reference
1611; 267 c272W;267 c270W
House
House of Commons

What experiments have been carried out in the Chemical and Biological Defence Establishment's new facility for testing equipment and volunteers since the facility was opened in February 1994; and how many years this new facility is projected to be in service. - Text of letter from John Chisholm of DERA.

Asked by
Ken Livingstone (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
23 November 1995
Reference
1563; 267 c269-70W;267 c267-8W
House
House of Commons

Pursuant to his Answer of 16th March, Official Report, 256 c714-5W, what the studies to investigate the physiological load imposed by wearing the Mark 4 NBC suit in various climatic conditions entailed; what exercises and tasks were performed by service volunteers; where these studies took place; what chemicals were used...

Asked by
Ken Livingstone (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
18 July 1995
Reference
35606; 263 c1173-4W
House
House of Commons

In which years since 1965 the Chemical and Biological Defence Establishment has carried out studies with service volunteers at Bulford; what was the purpose and conclusions of these studies; how many studies were carried out there; and how many service volunteers were involved in these tests. - Includes text of...

Asked by
Ken Livingstone (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
16 March 1995
Reference
256 c715-6W;256 c715W
House
House of Commons

How many service volunteers have been involved in studies with the NBC suit No. 1 Mk 4 at the Chemical and Biological Defence Establishment at Porton Down since 1965; when these studies were carried out; what was the nature and conclusion of these studies; under which defence agreement the results...

Asked by
Ken Livingstone (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
16 March 1995
Reference
256 c714-5W;256 c713-4W
House
House of Commons

Pursuant to 251 c1176-7W, why the Chemical and Biological Defence Establishment felt it necessary to carry out further studies on the Nerve Agent Pretreatment Sets at the Cambridge Military Hospital in 1993. - Includes text of letter from Graham Pearson of CBDE.

Asked by
Ken Livingstone (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
16 March 1995
Reference
256 c712-3W
House
House of Commons

What is the nature of the collaboration between the Chemical and Biological Defence Establishment and the Institute of Aviation Medicine with regard to the service volunteers programme; and in which years this collaboration took place. - Includes text of letter from Graham Pearson of CBDE.

Asked by
Ken Livingstone (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
16 March 1995
Reference
256 c717W;256 c716-7W
House
House of Commons

What was the conclusion drawn from the studies on VX referred to in his Answer of 24th June, Official Report, column 371, to determine whether or not this agent was producible in quantity and was stable when stored. - Inc text of letter from G Pearson of Chemical and Biological...

Asked by
Ken Livingstone (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
20 December 1994
Reference
251 c1177-8W
House
House of Commons

What was the purpose of the research on the nerve agent GB between 1979 and 1993 at Nancekuke as described in his answer of 11th January 1994, Official Report, column 163-4; what quantities of nerve agent were used in this research; if the results of this research were shared with...

Asked by
Ken Livingstone (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
20 December 1994
Reference
251 c1178W
House
House of Commons

What was the conclusion drawn from the work carried out on the substituted analogues of VX at Nancekuke, referred to in his Answer of 24th June, Official Report, column 371. - Inc text of letter from G Pearson of Chemical and Biological Defence Establishment.

Asked by
Ken Livingstone (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
20 December 1994
Reference
251 c1178-9W
House
House of Commons

What was the nature of the study referred to in his Answer of 24th June, Official Report, column 378, which prompted the service volunteer to withdraw following the detailed explanation of the protocol. - Inc text of letter from G Pearson of Chemical and Biological Defence Establishment.

Asked by
Ken Livingstone (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
20 December 1994
Reference
251 c1177W
House
House of Commons

In what years the studies with service volunteers were undertaken at the Cambridge Military Hospital, referred to in his Answer of 24th June 1994, Official Report, column 375, what was the purpose and conclusion of these studies; how many studies were carried out at this hospital; and how many service...

Asked by
Ken Livingstone (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
20 December 1994
Reference
251 c1176-7W
House
House of Commons