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That this House notes the latest editorial of Liberation magazine, drawing on information from the Institute of Energy and Environmental Research, which states that the United States has produced dried and weapon size anthrax spores in far greater amounts than for the stated purpose of testing the United States's bio-defences,...

Primary sponsor
Harry Cohen (Labour)
Type
Early day motions
Date
18 September 2003
Reference
1715
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the deployment of (a) soldiers from the Ninth Special Chemical Weapons Unit of the Czech Republic to Kuwait over the next two months and (b) German chemical warfare specialists to the area at the request of...

Asked by
Harry Cohen (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
11 February 2002
Reference
34467; 380 c18W
House
House of Commons
1st supplementary on same.
Asked by
Harry Cohen (Labour)
Answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
27 October 1998
Reference
318 c147-8
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, What representations he has made to his United States counterpart to try to achieve that country's agreement to ensure compliance with biological and chemical weapons treaties. -
Asked by
Harry Cohen (Labour)
Answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Date
27 October 1998
Reference
318 c147-8; 54296
House
House of Commons

How many times the steering group of the 1980 Memorandum of Understanding on chemical and biological defence between the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States of America has met since November 1992; where these meetings were held; what was decided at each of these meetings; and if he will...

Asked by
Harry Cohen (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
16 January 1996
Reference
9043; 269 c534W;269 c528-9W
House
House of Commons

Pursuant to his Answer of 20th December, Official Report, 251 c1175, in which years the Chemical and Biological Defence Establishment carried out the work to reach the assessment that, with an appropriate stabiliser, there was little decomposition of GD over three years; what was the stabiliser in this case; and...

Asked by
Harry Cohen (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
19 July 1995
Reference
263 c1354-5W; 35078;35076;35075
House
House of Commons

Pursuant to his Answer of 24th February, Official Report, 255 c378-9W, when the results of the research into GF were first exchanged with the United States of America. - Text of letter from John Chisholm of Defence Evaluation Research Agency.

Asked by
Harry Cohen (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
19 July 1995
Reference
35077; 263 c1355W
House
House of Commons

On what dates the 1980 Memorandum of Understanding on Chemical and Biological Defence between the United States of America, the United Kingdom and Canada has been amended; why these amendments were made; and when the existence of this memorandum was first notified to Parliament. - Text of letter from Mr...

Asked by
Harry Cohen (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
24 February 1995
Reference
255 c379W;255 c377W
House
House of Commons

How many memoranda of understanding covering the research, development, production or procurement of chemical and biological defence equipment have existed between the United Kingdom and the United States of America since 1965. - Text of letter from Graham Pearson of CBDE, including fact that a single Memorandum of Understanding exists.

Asked by
Harry Cohen (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
24 February 1995
Reference
255 c379-80W;255 c377-8W
House
House of Commons

When his Department last negotiated with the United States of America to supply Britain with a shipment of nerve gas; what prompted the negotiations; and what were the conclusions of the negotiations. - Includes text of letter from Dr G Pearson of CBDE.

Asked by
Harry Cohen (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
24 June 1994
Reference
245 c375-6W;245 c373-4W
House
House of Commons

What work his Department has carried out on the alcohol-amine binary reactant OPA; when and at which establishment these experiments were carried out; and what was the assessment of this work; and various other questions on Porton Down. - Inc text of letter from GS Pearson of Chemicals & Biological...

Asked by
Harry Cohen (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
27 January 1994
Reference
236 c394-8W;236 c396-400W
House
House of Commons

Pursuant to 224 c515-20W, if he will place in the Library a copy of the report on CR gas provided to the United States Department of Defence under the terms of the Technical Co-operation Programme and various other questions on: British cooperation with US & Canadian military; phencyclidine research; nerve...

Asked by
Harry Cohen (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
20 July 1993
Reference
229 c168-74W;229 c166-72W
House
House of Commons

Various questions on clostridium perfringens beta-toxin pursuant to 12 May 1993 224 c515-20W; when nerve agent was last transported from MOD establishment at Nancekuke to Porton Down; pursuant to answer of 12 May 224 c515-20W when MOD carried out research on animals using BZ; what work Porton Down has done...

Asked by
Harry Cohen (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
19 July 1993
Reference
229 c80-3W
House
House of Commons

What prior warnings of the hazard and effects of the incapacitating agent BZ were given to service personnel who were tested with this agent by his Department; in which years these tests were carried out; how many service personnel were tested with the agent; and which regiments or branches of...

Asked by
Harry Cohen (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
12 May 1993
Reference
224 c515-20W
House
House of Commons

If there is any information re possession by Iraq of anti-personnel biological agents tularemia, anthrax & equine encephalitis; if these agents have been weaponised & what discussions have been held with US administration on these matters

Asked by
Harry Cohen (Labour)
Answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
5 June 1990
Reference
173 c432W;173 c430W
House
House of Commons