§ Mr. DalyellTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his answer of 2 July,Official Report, columns 124–25, what analysis has been completed at Porton Down in relation to Iraq's chemical and biological weapons.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggA vapour sample from the United Nations special commission's first chemical weapons inspection at the Muthanna establishment in Iraq from 9 to 14 June 1991 was analysed for the Commission by the Chemical and Biological Defence Establishment at Porton Down. While details of the results are confidential to the special commission, they are consistent with the press statement made by the United Nations on 24 June 1991 that nerve agents of the types GB and GF were present at Muthanna.