My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence (Kevan Jones) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. In 2003 the Government commissioned, via the Medical Research Council, a large-scale and independent epidemiological study of the more than 19,000 UK service personnel who had taken part in human experiments...

My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence (Kevan Jones) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. In 2003 the Government commissioned, via the Medical Research Council, a large-scale and independent epidemiological study of the more than 19,000 UK service personnel who had taken part in human experiments...

In 2003 the Government commissioned, via the Medical Research Council, a large-scale and independent epidemiological study of the more than 19,000 UK service personnel who had taken part in human experiments at the Porton Down research establishment between 1939 and 1989. The study was completed in 2007, and the main...

In 2003 the Government commissioned, via the Medical Research Council, a large-scale and independent epidemiological study of the more than 19,000 UK service personnel who had taken part in human experiments at the Porton Down research establishment between 1939 and 1989. The study was completed in 2007, and the main...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when and for what purpose South Africa's Surgeon-General, Niel Knobel, visited Porton Down; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when and for what purpose South Africa's Surgeon-General, Niel Knobel, visited Porton Down; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 31 January 2008, Official Report, column 26WS, what progress has been made in the payment of compensation to servicemen affected by the Porton Down experiments.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 31 January 2008, Official Report, column 26WS, what progress has been made in the payment of compensation to servicemen affected by the Porton Down experiments.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what settlement has been reached in respect of veterans' claims relating to participation in trials at Porton Down; what the implications of the settlement are for veterans not represented in the claims made; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what settlement has been reached in respect of veterans' claims relating to participation in trials at Porton Down; what the implications of the settlement are for veterans not represented in the claims made; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what settlement has been reached in respect of veterans' claims relating to participation in trials at Porton Down; what the implications of the settlement are for veterans not represented in the claims made; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what settlement has been reached in respect of veterans' claims relating to participation in trials at Porton Down; what the implications of the settlement are for veterans not represented in the claims made; and if he will make a statement.

The Ministry of Defence has for some months been in discussions with solicitors representing a group of Porton Down veterans regarding compensation claims arising out of their participation in the programme of trials undertaken at the Chemical Defence Establishment during the cold war. I am pleased to report that an...

The Ministry of Defence has for some months been in discussions with solicitors representing a group of Porton Down veterans regarding compensation claims arising out of their participation in the programme of trials undertaken at the Chemical Defence Establishment during the cold war. I am pleased to report that an...

My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence (Derek Twigg) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. The Ministry of Defence has for some months been in discussions with solicitors representing a group of Porton Down veterans regarding compensation claims arising out of their participation in the programme...

My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence (Derek Twigg) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. The Ministry of Defence has for some months been in discussions with solicitors representing a group of Porton Down veterans regarding compensation claims arising out of their participation in the programme...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the health risk to residents of Swindon of Porton Down’s release of bacteria in the town in 1966; whether any other releases occurred between 1976 and 2006; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the health risk to residents of Swindon of Porton Down’s release of bacteria in the town in 1966; whether any other releases occurred between 1976 and 2006; and if he will make a statement.

My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence (Tom Watson) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. On 21 November 2000 the then Minister for Veteran’s Affairs (Dr Lewis Moonie) announced a package of measures intended to address emerging concerns that some Porton Down volunteers might have suffered...

My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence (Tom Watson) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. On 21 November 2000 the then Minister for Veteran’s Affairs (Dr Lewis Moonie) announced a package of measures intended to address emerging concerns that some Porton Down volunteers might have suffered...

On 21 November 2000 the then Minister for Veterans Affairs (Dr Lewis Moonie) announced a package of measures intended to address emerging concerns that some Porton Down Volunteers might have suffered unusual ill health because of their participation in trials at the Chemical Defence Establishment, Porton Down. The Ministry of...

On 21 November 2000 the then Minister for Veterans Affairs (Dr Lewis Moonie) announced a package of measures intended to address emerging concerns that some Porton Down Volunteers might have suffered unusual ill health because of their participation in trials at the Chemical Defence Establishment, Porton Down. The Ministry of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether the South African Government has requested (a) information and (b) assistance from the UK Government in seeking to ascertain the extent of information or help extended by the Chemical Weapons Establishment at Porton Down to Wouter Basson during...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether the South African Government has requested (a) information and (b) assistance from the UK Government in seeking to ascertain the extent of information or help extended by the Chemical Weapons Establishment at Porton Down to Wouter Basson during...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what investigation there has been as to what manuals, documents, other materials and information Dr. Wouter Basson of South Africa was given during and subsequent to his visit to Porton Down in 1985; and if he will make a statement;

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what investigation there has been as to what manuals, documents, other materials and information Dr. Wouter Basson of South Africa was given during and subsequent to his visit to Porton Down in 1985; and if he will make a statement;

(2) who authorised the visit of Dr. Wouter Basson of South Africa to Porton Down in 1985; for what purposes; and if he will make a statement.

(2) who authorised the visit of Dr. Wouter Basson of South Africa to Porton Down in 1985; for what purposes; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what records his Department has retained relating to pre-1975 visits to South Africa by employees of Porton Down.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what records his Department has retained relating to pre-1975 visits to South Africa by employees of Porton Down.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which employees of Porton Down visited South Africa in the period from 1975 until the collapse of the apartheid regime; for what purposes; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which employees of Porton Down visited South Africa in the period from 1975 until the collapse of the apartheid regime; for what purposes; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many war pensions have been awarded since 1st January 2002 to service personnel who took part in experiments at the chemical defence establishment, Porton Down; and which of these are attributable to the experiments.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many war pensions have been awarded since 1st January 2002 to service personnel who took part in experiments at the chemical defence establishment, Porton Down; and which of these are attributable to the experiments.