asked Her Majesty's Government:

Further to the Written Answers by the Lord Drayson on 9 October (HL7284) and 22 June(WA 99), what information the Ministry of Defence has received from its liaison officer in Washington DC on the findings to date of the research at Wright State University in Ohio into autonomic dysfunction following low-level sarin exposure; and what assessment the department has made of their relevance to illnesses among British veterans of the 1990-91 Gulf War.[HL7501]

We have not had an opportunity to study the final research paper entitled “Sarin produces delayed cardiac and central autonomic changes” which we understand is currently “in press” and is about to be published following research by the Wright State University. We will review the findings in the final paper when it is published.

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will now publish the outcome of the research for the Ministry of Defence by the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, Porton Down, carried out five years ago into the possible vaccine interaction with and without pyridostigmine bromide relating to illnesses among veterans of the 1990-91 Gulf War.[HL7733]

I refer my noble Friend to the Statement made on 19 October 2006 (Official Report, col. WS 87).