§ Dr. GibsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on fertility levels among service men who participated in the Gulf War. [41502]
§ Dr. ReidThe question of whether service in the Gulf has affected the fertility of male Gulf veterans is being addressed as part of a MOD-funded epidemiological study currently being conducted by a team led by Dr. Patricia Doyle of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. This study is examining the reproductive health of Gulf veterans, both male and female, and the health of their children. Dr. Doyle's team will shortly begin sending out questionnaires for the main phase of this study to all Gulf veterans and to a control group of Service personnel who did not deploy to the Gulf. We expect that results will begin to emerge from this study by mid-2000.