§ Lord Morris of Manchesterasked Her Majesty's Government: Further to paragraph 3 of Annex A to the Written Answer by the Lord Bach on 9 October (WA 67) which states that pertussis was not recommended for use with adults and was not licensed as an adjuvant for anthrax vaccine, what degree of obligation was placed upon those deployed in 1990–91 to receive the vaccinations. [HL5094]
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence (Lord Bach):I refer the noble Lord to the Ministry of Defence paper; Implementation of the Immunisation Programme Against Biological Warfare Agents for UK Forces During the Gulf Conflict 1990–91 dated 20 January 2000, a copy of which is 26WA available in the Library of the House. It is also available on the Internet at: http://www.mod.uk/ issues/gulfwar/info/medical/bwa.htm.