§ Mr. Hoyleasked the Secretary of State for Defence whether Her Majesty's Government are concerned in the production of any germs or weapons suitable for germ warfare.
§ Mr. PattieNo. The United Kingdom is a co-depository of the 1972 convention on the prohibition of the development, production and stockpiling of bacteriological (Biological) and toxin weapons and on their destruction. The convention came into force in 1975.