§ Matthew TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his answer of 15 November 2001,Official Report, column 823W, on Porton Down, if further staff from his Department are to be assigned to work full-time to conduct the comprehensive survey of the service volunteer programme at the chemical defence establishment, Porton Down. [22874]
§ Dr. MoonieWe currently have no plans to do so.
§ Matthew TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his answer of 19 November 2001,Official Report, column 10W, on Porton Down, on what dates the in-depth searches of his Department's archives were conducted. [22876]
§ Dr. MoonieSearches of the Ministry of Defence archives have been carried out over the past two years since allegations emerged that participants in the Service 73W Volunteer programme were recruited under the pretext of common cold research. The precise dates on which such searches have been carried out are not recorded.