Porton Down (Hansard, 11 July 2001)

§ Matthew Taylor
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if the comprehensive survey of the service volunteer programme at the Chemical Defence Establishment, Porton Down, announced on 1 May, will gather evidence and recollections from staff who organised the experiments. [3404]

§ Dr. Moonie
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 11 May 2001,Official Report, columns 415–16W.

§ Matthew Taylor
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his answer of 28 June 2001,Official Report, column 133W, on Porton Down, what plans he has to assign more officials to carry out the comprehensive survey of the service volunteer programme. [3406]

§ Dr. Moonie
We plan to take on a further member of staff, probably a higher executive officer (Grade C2).

§ Matthew Taylor
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his answer of 28 June 2001,Official Report, column 133W, on Porton Down, if he will arrange for service volunteers to give their recollections of the Porton Down volunteer programme in a public forum. [3407]

§ Dr. Moonie
No. Service volunteers are free to give us their recollections in any way they wish.