§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his answer of 14 December 1995,Official Report, column 763, if he will make the film of LSD experiments on service personnel available for broadcast when recovered; and if he will make a statement. [14540]
§ Mr. ArbuthnotThis is a matter for the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency under its framework document. I have asked the chief executive to write to the hon. Member.
Letter from John Chisholm to Dr. David Clark, dated 9 February 1996:
Your Parliamentary Question to the Secretary of State for Defence asking if he will make the film of LSD experiments on service personnel available for broadcast when recovered has been passed to me to reply as the Chief Executive of the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency which includes the Chemical and Biological Defence Establishment.We are making arrangements for the transfer of the film material related to the field trials conducted with LSD to the Film Department of the Imperial War Museum which is an appointed place of deposit for public records.I am unable to give you a date of transfer at this stage as a number of administrative procedures, including the authorisation of the early release of some material under the Public Records Act, has to be completed before this can take place. I will write to you again to let you know the date from which they will be released to the Imperial War Museum.I hope you find this information helpful.