§ Mr. Hoyleasked the Paymaster General if he will list the premises which have handled or stored smallpox virus in the United Kingdom since 1975.
§ Mr. TrippierThe following premises are known to the Health and Safety Executive to have handled or stored smallpox virus since 1975:
- Birmingham University
- Centre for Applied Microbiology and Research, Porton
- St. Mary's Hospital, Paddington
- Stocks are no longer held at any of the above.
§ Mr. Hoyleasked the Paymaster General when smallpox SP22, 16.12.52 was discovered at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicines; and how it was labelled.
§ Mr. TrippierSeven ampoules, contained in a cardboard box bearing the legend "smallpox SP22" and dated 16.12.52 were discovered at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine on 3 December 1985.
§ Mr. Hoyleasked the Paymaster General whether all establishments known to have stored smallpox have been visited by the Health and Safety Executive since the discovery of smallpox SP22, 16.12.52 at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; if he will list all such visits since 1981 to date; and what were the findings of the inspectors.
§ Mr. TrippierAll establishments known to the Health and Safety Executive to have stored smallpox have been visited during 1986.
These establishments were also visited on several occasions between 1981 and 1985. However, to distinguish visits which may have been made in connection with smallpox from those made for other purposes could be done only at disproportionate cost.