§ Lord Morris of Manchesterasked Her Majesty's Government:
Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Bach on 25 March (WA 112), when the Ministry of Defence now expects to deposit in the Library of the House all letters pursuant to Parliamentary Questions on the destruction in 1991 of Iraqi chemical weapons stored at Khamisiyah in southern Iraq. [HL4073]
§ Lord BachAnswers to the Questions posed by the Countess of Mar were provided in two papers published in December 1999 entitledBritish Chemical Warfare Defence During the Gulf Conflict 1990–91 and Review of Events Concerning 32 Field Hospital and the Release of Nerve Agent Arising from US Demolition of Iraqi Munitions at the Khamisiyah Depot in March 1991. Copies of these papers were placed in the Library of both Houses. Both papers can also be accessed via the MoD's website www.mod.uk/index.shtml.
Copies of these papers were also intended to be sent to the Countess of Mar and to the noble Lord among others. I regret that we can find no trace of these letters being sent although drafts were prepared. My honourable friend the Under-Secretary of State for Defence (Mr Ivor Caplin) will write to the Countess of Mar with copies of the original drafts and arrange for these to be placed in the Library of the House.