United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 7159
Armed Forces: Human Experiments
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14 July 2015
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20 July 2015 · Answer
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Defence
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20 July 2015
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British service personnel have died as a direct result of (a) voluntary and (b) involuntary participation in experimental tests using (i) chemical weapon agents, (ii) biological weapon agents, (iii) psyc
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14 July 2015
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British service personnel have died as a direct result of (a) voluntary and (b) involuntary participation in experimental tests using (i) chemical weapon agents, (ii) biological weapon agents, (iii) psyc
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20 July 2015
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Only a single member of the UK Armed Forces has died as the direct result of participation in experimental tests carried out at Porton Down on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.On 6 May 1953 Leading Aircraftsman Ronald George Maddison died from the effect...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2015-07-14/7159
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/389786
- uk · wq-389786 · source updated 20 July 2015