§ Mr. Clifton-BrownTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many British service personnel involved in the Gulf war were administered with the combination of vaccines for anthrax, plague and nerve agent pre-treatment sets;
(2) how many servicemen refused to be administered with drugs and vaccines during Operation Granby.
§ Mr. SoamesDetails relating to biological warfare counter-measures available to British forces remain classified. The nerve agent pre-treatment set—NAPS—tablets were widely issued to British service personnel in areas and units judged to be under threat of chemical attack during Operation Granby. Taking NAPS is a personal responsibility and no information is available on the numbers of personnel, if any, who did not do so.