§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what requests were received by the British Government from Iraqi companies or Government agencies for biological agents between 1979 and 1991; and if he will list the companies or Government agencies.
§ Mr. NeedhamRecords are not kept in a form which would enable me to answer this question. Export controls on certain specific biological agents were not introduced until 31 December 1992.
§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what quantities of(a) Ustilago nuda Rostrup, (b) Histoplasma capsulatum var. farciminosum, (c) Bacillus Anthracis, (d) Bacillus Subtilis Cohn, (e) Clostridium tetani, (f) Clostridium botulinum Type E, (g) Clostridium perfringens, (h) bacillus megaterium, (i) Clostridium botulinum Type A, (j) Brucella abortus Biotype 3, (k) Brucella abortus Biotype 9, (1) Brucella melitensis Biotype 1, (m) Brucella-melitensis Biotype 3, (n) Clostridium botulinum Type F, (o) Saccharomyces cerevesia, (p) Escherichia coli, (q) Bacillus cereus, (r) Staphylococcus epidermis, (s) Bacillus pumilus, (t) Cauliflower Mosaic Caulimovirus, (u) Plasmid in Agrobacterium Tumefaciens, (v) Bacillus ceres, (w) Francisella tularensis var. tularensis Olsufiev, (x) Salmonella choleraesuis subsp. choleraesuis Serptype typhi, (y) Klebsiella pneumoniae subsp. pneumoniae, (z) Hulambda 4x-8, clone (HPRT) chromosome, (aa) Hulambda 14-8, clone (HPRT) chromosome, (bb) Hulumbda 15, clone (HPRT) chromosome, (cc) PHPT31, clone (HPRT) chromosome and (dd) plambda 500, clone pseudogene (HPRT) chromosome were exported from Britain to Iraq between 1979 and 1991.
§ Mr. NeedhamRecords are not kept in a form which would enable me to answer this question. Export controls on certain specific biological agents were not introduced until 31 December 1992.