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1995-96
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What quality control was conducted on the organophosphate pesticides purchased by his Department to combat fly-borne diseases in the Gulf War; and what post war assessment has been made on the effect on the local environment in Kuwait and southern Iraq of the use of pesticides during Operation Granby.

Asked by
Michael Meacher (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
16 October 1996
Reference
40738; 282 c924W;282 c922W
House
House of Commons

If he will now make it his policy to investigate media allegations of cases of the Gulf War Syndrome if invited to do so in parliamentary questions from honourable Members.

Asked by
Michael Meacher (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
16 October 1996
Reference
40734; 282 c923W;282 c921W
House
House of Commons

What information on the environmental effects of organophosphates his Department has received from the United States Government in regard to the joint research being conducted on the implications of organophosphate use in Operation Granby in the Gulf War.

Asked by
Michael Meacher (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
16 October 1996
Reference
40736; 282 c924W;282 c922W
House
House of Commons

What new assessment his Department has made of the possible effects of fluorine on Gulf War military and medical veterans since the reply of 24th October 1994, 248 c501W.

Asked by
Michael Meacher (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
16 October 1996
Reference
40750; 282 c923-4W;282 c921-2W
House
House of Commons

What medical studies have been conducted by his Department on the effects on human health and the environment of the organophosphate pesticides malathion, diazinon, azamathiphos and dimethyl phosphoro-thionate prior to their use in Operation Granby in the Gulf War. - (holding answer 15 October 1996).

Asked by
Michael Meacher (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
16 October 1996
Reference
40745; 282 c926W;282 c923W
House
House of Commons

If the memorandum on the discovery of mustard gas during the Gulf War by the Commander of the 54th Chemical Troop, dated 4th January 1994, has now been discovered and assessed. - Will write.

Asked by
Michael Meacher (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
16 October 1996
Reference
40751; 282 c924W;282 c922W
House
House of Commons

What research has been carried out by the Chemical Defence Establishment, Porton Down, to investigate if (a) delayed recurrent keratitis of the eye, (b) chronic bronchitis and (c) emphysema can be caused by short-term exposure to mustard gas; when this research was carried out; and what were the results. -...

Asked by
Ken Livingstone (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
22 July 1996
Reference
37618; 282 c87W
House
House of Commons

What studies have been carried out since 1996 by the Chemical Defence Establishment at Porton Down to evaluate the long-term health effects of short-term exposure to the nerve agent GE; when these studies were carried out; and what were the conclusions of these studies. - Text of letter from J...

Asked by
Ken Livingstone (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
3 July 1996
Reference
34472; 280 c459-60W
House
House of Commons

What research has been carried out since 1996 by the Chemical Defence Establishment at Porton Down to investigate whether skin cancer can be caused by short-term exposure to mustard gas; when this research was carried out; and what were the results of this research. - Text of letter from J...

Asked by
Ken Livingstone (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
3 July 1996
Reference
34470; 280 c460W
House
House of Commons

If he will list the sites (a) in the United Kingdom and (b) in British territories abroad where chemical weapons have been manufactured or stored since 1966; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the declarations made to date under the Chemical Weapons Convention; if he...

Asked by
Llew Smith (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
17 June 1996
Reference
279 c364W;279 c358-9W; 33066;33079
House
House of Commons

What monitoring has been carried on since 1966 in respect of the safety for its current use of the site used as a chemical weapons training and trials facility at South Molton, North Devon, during the Second World War; what action has been taken following such monitoring.

Asked by
Nick Harvey (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
17 June 1996
Reference
31768; 279 c361-2W;279 c356-7W
House
House of Commons

By what methods the Chemical and Biological Defence Establishment is currently monitoring the health of the service volunteers who took part in studies at the establishment with the Nerve Agent Pre-treatment Sets (NAPS); when the Chemical and Biological Defence Establishment carried out studies to evaluate whether nerve agent pre-treatment sets...

Asked by
Ken Livingstone (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
6 June 1996
Reference
278 c518W; 31347;31346
House
House of Commons

What studies have been carried out by the Chemical and Biological Defence Establishment to evaluate the long-term health effects of short-term exposure to the nerve agent Soman (GD); when these studies were carried out; and what were their conclusions. - Text of letter from John Chisholm of DERA. Inc fact...

Asked by
Ken Livingstone (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
6 June 1996
Reference
31341; 278 c519W
House
House of Commons

When the Chemical and Biological Defence Establishment carried out experiments with service volunteers involving the nerve agent GE; and what were the conclusions of this work. - Text of letter from John Chisholm of DERA.

Asked by
Ken Livingstone (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
6 June 1996
Reference
31348; 278 c521W
House
House of Commons

Pursuant to his Answer of 8th May, Official Report, column 187W, what was the amount of sarin to which volunteers were exposed in the study using single fibre electromyography. -Text of letter from John Chisholm of DERA. Inc figs and ref to the journal "Human and experimental Toxicology" (1996) Volume...

Asked by
Ken Livingstone (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
6 June 1996
Reference
31342; 278 c519-20W
House
House of Commons

To what chemical agents service personnel attending the Defence Nuclear Biological and Chemical Centre at Winterbourne Gunner have been exposed during training courses since 1966; and what was the purpose of such exposure.

Asked by
Ken Livingstone (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
15 May 1996
Reference
28039; 277 c441W
House
House of Commons

What studies have been carried out by the Chemical and Biological Defence Establishment to evaluate the long-term health effects of short-term exposure to the nerve agent Sarin; when these studies were carried out; and what were the conclusions of these studies. - Text of letter from John Chisholm of Chemical...

Asked by
Ken Livingstone (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
8 May 1996
Reference
28135; 277 c187W
House
House of Commons

What research has been carried out by the Chemical and Biological Defence Establishment at Porton Down since 1990 into the cocktail of anti-nerve agents given to British Gulf War soldiers. - Includes text of letter from John Chisholm of DEVA.

Asked by
Lord Clark of Windermere (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
2 May 1996
Reference
27647; 276 c575-6W
House
House of Commons

When the Chemical Defence Establishment at Porton Down carried out research into the long-term health effects of CS gas; and what were the results of this research. - Text of letter from John Chisholm of DERA.

Asked by
Alan Simpson (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
7 February 1996
Reference
13662; 271 c245W
House
House of Commons

If he will make it his policy, as part of his investigation into Gulf War Syndrome, to investigate whether any of the chemical agents sold to Iraq by United Kingdom companies contributed to the damage done to British soldiers and auxillary personnel in the Gulf War. - No. There is...

Asked by
Llew Smith (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
7 February 1996
Reference
13434; 271 c246W
House
House of Commons