§ The Countess of Marasked Her Majesty's Government:
Which of the members of the Medical and Scientific Panel of the Veterinary Products Committee investigating the effects of exposure of humans to organophosphate sheep dips are, or have been, associated with DERA, formerly CBDE, Porton Down in any way.
Lord LucasThe Medical and Scientific Panel to the Veterinary Products Committee (VPC) was established in 1994 to provide the VPC with specialist scientific and medical advice on human health aspects of organophosphorus sheep dips. The Government do not hold the information requested readily to hand. However, the secretary to the panel will now write to all the members asking them for any details they feel able to provide about such association, and I will then write to the noble Lady when the replies have been received.