HC Deb 24 July 1991 vol 195 c701W
Mr. Flynn

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what quantities of nerve agents of the types GB and GF were imported into the United Kingdom in 1991 to date.

Mr. Archie Hamilton

A vapour sample from the United Nations Special Commission's first chemical weapons inspection in Iraq was imported for analysis for the Commission by the chemical and biological defence establishment, Porton Down, in June 1991. Results of the analysis carried out on the sample were consistent with the United Nations press statement that nerve agents GB and GF were present at the Muthanna establishment in Iraq. We are aware of no further relevant imports.