§ Mr. DalyellTo ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his answer of 19 October 1998,Official Report, column 915, what advice he received on the production of EMPTA as a bi-product of tests on insecticides and pesticides for use in Africa. [57344]
§ The Prime MinisterOn the basis of information available to them the Americans advised that there are no known commercial reasons to produce EMPTA nor are CBD Porton Down aware of any commercial uses for EMPTA.
§ Mr. DalyellTo ask the Prime Minister (1) if he has been notified of the exact circumstances surrounding the finding of EMPTA at the El Shifa plant; and in what quantities they were found; [57345]
(2) what steps Her Majesty's Government have taken to verify the information from the United States concerning the strike against the El Shifa factory; [57346]
(3) pursuant to his answer of 19 October 1998, Official Report, column 915, what assessment he has made of the possibility that the EMPTA alleged to have been found in soil samples close to the pharmaceutical factory in the Sudan could have been the hydrolysis product of an insecticide or germicide chemical for (a) military and (b) commercial test purposes; [57347]
(4) what (a) independent scientific organisations and (b) United Kingdom universities have been invited to assess whether the American claims about the Sudanese factories are true. [57348]
§ The Prime MinisterIt is established practice under Section 1(c) of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information not to disclose information received in confidence from foreign Governments.