§ Mr. LivingstoneTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he intends to reply to the letter from CND which was handed in following the demonstration on 15 March at Porton Down; and if he will place a copy of his reply in the Library.
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§ Mr. HanleyThis is a matter for the Chemical and Biological Defence Establishment under its framework document. I have asked the chief executive to write to the hon. Member.
Letter from Graham Pearson to Ken Livingstone, dated 19 April 1994:
- 1. Your Parliamentary Question to the Secretary of State for Defence asking when he intends to reply to the letter from CND which was handed in following the demonstration on 15 March 1994 at Porton Down has been passed to me to reply as Chief Executive of the Chemical and Biological Defence Establishment.
- 2. There was no demonstration at Porton Down on 15 March 1994 when two representatives of the Salisbury Branch of CND visited the Chemical and Biological Defence Establishment on 16 March 1994 to mark the anniversary of the use of chemical weapons on the civilian population of Hallabja. They were invited into the Establishment and handed over a letter dated 16 March 1994 addressed to myself as Director General.
- 3. I replied to the letter on 8 April 1994 and am making arrangements for a copy to be placed in the Library.