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What communications he has had with Mr Mick Roche in regard to claims for compensation for former soldiers who have been involved in experiments on chemical and biological warfare protection as scientific guineapigs at the CBDE at Porton Down.

Asked by
Llew Smith (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
20 July 1994
Reference
247 c381W;247 c382W
House
House of Commons

How many research projects relating to genetic engineering have been funded in universities and polytechnics by the Chemical and Biological Defence Establishment since 1979; what are the titles of these projects; and what was the duration and value of each project. - Includes text of letter from Dr G Pearson...

Asked by
Harry Cohen (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
24 June 1994
Reference
245 c382W;245 c380W
House
House of Commons

What tests and studies have been carried out by Porton Down to assess the so-called pepper sprays; when these tests and experiments were carried out; whether they involved humans and animals; what were the conclusions of these studies; when the results of these studies and tests were exchanged with other...

Asked by
Harry Cohen (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
24 June 1994
Reference
245 c375W;245 c373W
House
House of Commons

What work the Chemical and Biological Defence Establishment at Porton Down has done to assess the threat of genetically-engineered toxins; what was the conclusion of the work; which toxins have been studied; what tests and studies have been involved in this work; which section of the establishment has been carrying...

Asked by
Harry Cohen (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
24 June 1994
Reference
245 c377-8W;245 c375-6W
House
House of Commons

Pursuant to his Answer of 27th January, Official Report, column 397, with which other countries the results of the tests on tryptamines were shared; when these results were shared and through which defence agreement they were exchanged; which animals were tested with tryptamines; how many of each of these animals...

Asked by
Harry Cohen (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
24 June 1994
Reference
245 c377W;245 c375W
House
House of Commons

Pursuant to 236 c304-5W, how many service volunteers on average return voluntarily to Porton Down to take part in subsequent unrelated studies; if they receive same pro rata payment as volunteers who go only once; and how many times a service volunteer may go to Porton Down to participate in...

Asked by
Ken Livingstone (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
24 June 1994
Reference
245 c369-70W;245 c367-8W
House
House of Commons

What precautions are taken to ascertain if individual service personnel have allergies before they are tested in human volunteer programme at chemical and biological warfare establishment at Porton Down; how long is average stay for service volunteers involved in studies at chemical and ;biological warfare establishment at Porton Down; how...

Asked by
Ken Livingstone (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
24 June 1994
Reference
245 c371-2W;245 c369-70W
House
House of Commons

What work Porton Down has carried out to assess substituted hydroxylamines and hydrazines as an incapacitating agent; when this work started and ended; what was the conclusion of this work; which and how many animals were involved in this work; if the tests involved humans; with which other countries the...

Asked by
Harry Cohen (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
24 June 1994
Reference
245 c380W;245 c378W
House
House of Commons

Pursuant to 236 c303W, at which military establishment studies for human volunteer programme have taken place other than chemical and biological defence establishment at Porton Down; when and for what reasons these studies were conducted at Porton Down; and what was conclusion of these studies; when detailed protocol was approved...

Asked by
Ken Livingstone (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
24 June 1994
Reference
245 c374-5W;245 c372-3W
House
House of Commons

What work Porton Down has carried out to assess benzimidazoles as an incapacitating agent; when this work started and ended; what was the conclusion of the work; which and how many animals were tested during this work; how many service volunteers were tested; and where the results of the work...

Asked by
Harry Cohen (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
24 June 1994
Reference
245 c384W;245 c382W
House
House of Commons

Pursuant to 236 c306W, what was conclusion of Biotechnology Committees report into implications of biotechnology for defence; how many members were then serving on Biotechnology Committee; how many of them were academics; if they were given access to chemical and biological defence establishment at Porton Down; and to place copy...

Asked by
Ken Livingstone (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
24 June 1994
Reference
245 c372W;245 c370W
House
House of Commons

What tests and studies have been carried out by the chemical and biological warfare establishment at Porton Down using potassium; when these experiments were carried out; and what were the results and conclusions of these tests and studies. (printed with holding answer in daily part at 245 c210-2W). - Includes...

Asked by
Ken Livingstone (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
24 June 1994
Reference
245 c368-9W;245 c366-7W
House
House of Commons

When female service personnel have taken part in tests under the human volunteer programme at Porton Down; how many service personnel have died while taking part in human volunteer programme run by Chemical and Biological Warfare Establishment at Porton Down since 1964; how many service personnel have been involved in...

Asked by
Harry Cohen (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
24 June 1994
Reference
245 c379-80W;245 c377-8W
House
House of Commons

How many staff at the Chemical and Biological Warfare Establishment at Porton Down have been permanently disabled since 1964 due to work-related activity; in which year each occurred; what were the causes and circumstances of each one; and what was the Establishment's response in terms of changing procedures to prevent...

Asked by
Harry Cohen (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
24 June 1994
Reference
245 c376-7W;245 c374-5W
House
House of Commons

Pursuant to 235 c164-5W, what work Porton Down has also done on assessing the hazard of tremorines; when this work started and ended, what was the conclusion of the work; where were the conclusions published; and with which other countries the results of the work were shared and when this...

Asked by
Harry Cohen (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
24 June 1994
Reference
245 c381-2W;245 c379-80W
House
House of Commons

In which years Porton Down has tested (a) CR gas and (b) CS gas on service personnel in the human volunteer programme; what was purpose of these tests; how the gas was administered to the volunteers in both cases; what was the conclusion of these tests for each of the...

Asked by
Harry Cohen (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
24 June 1994
Reference
245 c382-4W;245 c380-2W
House
House of Commons

Whether the numbers of staff and budget of the Defence Microbiology Division of the Chemical and Biological Defence Establishment has increased or decreased since the division was set up; what publications have been published by scientists in defence microbiology division of Chemical and Biological Defence Establishment since 1986; and what...

Asked by
Harry Cohen (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
24 June 1994
Reference
245 c384-5W;245 c382-3W
House
House of Commons

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...

Asked by
Ken Livingstone (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
24 June 1994
Reference
245 c372-3W;245 c370-2W
House
House of Commons

What information his Department gathered as a result of the research conducted by the Chemical and Biological Defence Establishment into prophylactic protection against chemical and germ weapons; and how this was used to help protect British servicemen in Operation Granby. - Text of letter from G Pearson of Chemical &...

Asked by
Llew Smith (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
25 March 1994
Reference
240 c471-2W
House
House of Commons

(Pursuant to 236 c301-6W), Further information, studies and tests done by chemical warfare establishment at Porton Down to assess a nerve agent which penetrates skin and clothes quicker then G agents and VX. - Text of letter from G Pearson of CBDE.

Asked by
Ken Livingstone (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
17 March 1994
Reference
239 c853-4W
House
House of Commons