§ Miss Fookesasked the Secretary of State for Defence whether the Chemical Research Establishment is still in operation; and, if so, if he will make a statement about its future.
§ Dr. Gilbert:Research effort on defence against chemical warfare is being reduced and concentrated at the chemical defence establishment—CDE—Porton. Some work is being transferred there from the microbiological research establishment, which will cease to be a defence establishment next year, and from the CDE outstation at Nancekuke. This is being closed and decontamination and site clearance are currently in progress.