§ 23. Sir Geoffrey Finsbergasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he proposes to issue the chemical agent monitor detector to local authorities.
§ 25. Mr. John Browneasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will conduct a series of regional civil defence exercises based on a scenario of an attack with chemical weapons on ports, airfields and military installations in the United Kingdom.
§ 37. Mr. Stefan Terlezkiasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether any research has been carried out on the numbers of civilian casualties which may result from an attack on United Kingdom targets with chemical weapons.
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§ 46. Mr. Hillasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will issue instructions on the signals to be used over the existing warning system to indicate a chemical attack.
§ Mr. Giles ShawI refer my hon. Friends to the reply I gave earlier today to a question from my hon. Friend the Member for Dudley, West (Dr. Blackburn).
§ 27. Mr. Powleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will require local authorities to include tuition about the properties of, and protection against, chemical and bacteriological weapons in all civil defence volunteer training.
§ Mr. Giles ShawI refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave earlier today to a question from my hon. Friend the Member for Dudley, West (Dr. Blackburn). The Government do not regard the use of biological weapons in an attack against this country as likely.
§ 40. Mr. Neil Thorneasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will direct local authorities to provide for the protection of the civilian population against the effects of chemical and biological weapons in their emergency planning.
§ Mr. Giles ShawIt is the duty of local authorities under the 1983 regulations to make plans to protect the population in their area against all forms of hostile attack. When the work on public protection against chemical attack is complete guidance will be issued to local authorities. The Government do not consider an attack using biological weapons is likely.
§ 42. Mr. Michael Brownasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether civil defence volunteers will receive training in protective measures against chemical/biological weapons.
§ Mr. Giles ShawI refer my hon. Friend to the reply given to a question from my hon. Friend the Member for Dudley, West (Dr. Blackburn). The Government do not regard the use of biological weapons in an attack against this country as likely.
§ 48. Mr. Aspinwallasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation civil defence committee is doing any work on protective measures for the civilian population against chemical weapons.
§ Mr. Giles ShawThe Civil Defence Committee is developing guidelines on protection against the effects of chemical weapons.