HC Deb 01 November 2001 vol 373 c779W
Dr. Gibson

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what steps she has taken to ensure that pharmaceutical companies in the United Kingdom are not engaged in the production of biological weapons. [9576]

Ms Hewitt

My right hon. Friend the Home Secretary announced on 15 October 2001,Official Report, column 923, the legislative measures that he intends to introduce in the very near future to counter international terrorism threats. The legislation will include clauses to cover the intention to use, produce, possess or participate in unauthorised transfers of chemical and biological as well as nuclear and radiological materials.