§ The Countess of Marasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether plague vaccine batch 10H03A was batch tested prior to its use on members of Her Majesty's forces serving in Operation Granby, and, if so, by whom.
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence (Lord Henley):Specific details of the biological warfare countermeasures used during Operation Granby remain classified. All vaccines offered to British troops during the Gulf conflict as a part of the anti-biological warfare vaccination programme were licensed for use in their country of origin. Any vaccine for which there was not a UK product licence was tested by the National Institute for Biological Standards and Control and cleared for use by the Department of Health.