HC Deb 09 January 1990 vol 164 c613W
40. Mr. Wigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what representations he has received during the past six months concerning the claims for compensation by former United Kingdom prisoners of war held by the Japanese at Mukden, because of germ warfare experimentation undertaken on them; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Archie Hamilton

During the period July to December 1989 the only representations to the Secretary of State for Defence about compensation for British prisoners of war held at Mukden have been those made by the hon. Member himself, my right hon. Friend the Member for Castle Point (Sir B. Braine) and the right hon. Member for Stoke-on-Trent, South (Mr. Ashley).