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Anthrax Inoculation

Volume 228: debated on Monday 12 July 1993

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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many service men and women in the Gulf conflict were inoculated against anthrax; and if the inoculation included inoculation against penicillin-resistant anthrax.

Vaccines giving protection against a number of biological warfare agents considered to be a threat during Operation Granby were administered to all consenting British personnel on a voluntary basis. The details of these vaccines are classified.