§ Mr. KeyTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will place in the Library a copy of the letter dated 22 February 1941 from the Experimental Station, Porton near Salisbury reference numbers S.B. 3288/R.D. Arm 6 and Ptn/1552 (R.2840) SS/PB. [43928]
§ Mr. SpellarThis is a matter for the Chief Executive of the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA). I have asked the Chief Executive to write to the hon. Member.
Letter from John Chisholm to Mr. Robert Key, dated 3 June 1998:
I have been asked to reply to your question requesting a copy of a letter from the former Experimental Station at Porton Down to be placed in the House of Commons library.Staff at DERA's Chemical and Biological Defence sector (CBD) have been unable to trace the document in which you are interested. The reference you gave of S B 3288/RD Arm 6 dated 22 Feb 1941 is not recognised by the archivist at Porton Down. The Ptn/1552 reference is recognised as being part of a file series dated from 1936 to 1941. The files in this series were forwarded to the Public Record Office in 1992.I am sorry to have been unhelpful on this occasion. If you can let me have any additional details about the letter I will be happy to make further enquiries.