| Heading: |
Veterans: Nuclear Weapons |
| Question ID: |
1762302 |
| UIN: |
28877 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-02-05 |
| Asking Member ID: |
54 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Sir Julian Lewis
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Sir Julian Lewis
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent steps he has taken to facilitate the (a) recovery and (b) disclosure of medical records held in (i) the Merlin database and (ii) other Departmental archives of service personnel present at UK atomic b |
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true |
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| Date answered: |
2025-02-10 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
5235 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Al Carns
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Al Carns
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| Answer text: |
The Government is deeply grateful to all those who participated in the UK nuclear testing programme. We recognise their Service and the huge contribution they have made to the UK’s security.I have asked officials to look seriously into unresolved question... |
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| Answering body ID: |
11 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Defence |
| Tweeted: |
true |