HL Deb 01 November 2004 vol 666 c9WA
The Countess of Mar

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How long Colonel Bhatt worked for the Medical Assessment Programme of the Ministry of Defence; and when and why he ceased to do so. [HL4547]

Lord Bach

Colonel Bhatt worked as a service consultant physician in the Gulf Veterans' Medical Assessment Programme from November 1996 to June 1997. As was made clear in paragraph 14 of theGulf Veterans' Illnesses: A New Beginning document, published on 14 July 1997, he left at his own request to go to another post.