HL Deb 12 January 2004 vol 657 c68WA
Lord Vivian

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether the 10 per cent cut in defence research spending will affect the continuing research into undiagnosed illnesses in veterans of the 1991 Gulf conflict. [HL594]

Lord Bach

This Government continue to place a high priority on responding to the concerns of veterans of the 1990–91 Gulf Conflict as our current research programme in this area—costing at least £8.5 million to complete—demonstrates. There are no plans to reduce this programme.