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Written question asked by Ken Livingstone (Labour), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 24 June 1994. It was answered by Jeremy Hanley (Conservative) on Friday, 24 June 1994 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.


Ministry of Defence;Chemical and Biological Defence Establishment

Question
Pursuant to 234 c163W, how many service volunteers were used for tests at Porton Down in each year between 1964 and 1979; what was purpose of those tests; and which chemicals and biological organisms were used in those tests; and what were reasons for increases in number of tests on service volunteers in 1980 and 1981; why only GB (Sarin) has been used in tests since 1979; and what were highest and lowest amounts of this agent used in these tests. - Includes text of letter from Dr G Pearson of CBDE. (Printed with holding answer in daily part at 245 c210-2W).

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
245 c372-3W;245 c370-2W
Session
1993-94
Subjects
Armed forces Chemical and biological warfare Defence Chemical weapons Biological weapons Research Testing Chemical and Biological Defence Establishment Sarin
Contains statistics
Yes