HL Deb 07 May 2002 vol 634 cc160-1WA
The Countess of Mar

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Further to the response of Lord Grocott to Lord Morris of Manchester on 10 April (HL Deb, col 407), whether maintaining "closest contact with our American friends" in so far as research into Gulf War illnesses is concerned relates only to United States government-funded research or whether they accept peer reviewed and published research from other United States sources. [HL3897]

Lord Bach

The Government are interested in the findings of all peer reviewed scientific research into Gull veterans illnesses undertaken in the United States whether funded by the US Government or otherwise. The important point is not how the research is funded but whether peer reviewed findings are confirmed and validated by other scientific researchers.