§ Lord BROCKWAYasked Her Majesty's Government:
If they will state the chemical agents sprayed over areas of Britain, in the programme conducted by the Microbiological Research Station at Porton Down, to test the effect of poisonous elements dropped from the air in war.
§ The MINISTER of STATE, MINISTRY of DEFENCE (Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal)In a programme of research, conducted from the mid-'fifties to the early 'sixties, zinc cadmium sulphide was dispersed in small amounts and highly diluted in particles. It is a recognised substance for use in air movement studies, and in this form involves no danger to the public.
House adjourned at twenty minutes past eight o'clock.