Declassification Of Biochemical Weapons

EDM number 901 in 2001-02, proposed by Jimmy Wray on 27/02/2002.

That this House calls for the Government to come to an agreement with NATO to declassify the information regarding biochemical weapons taken from the aggressors during World War Two which were dumped off the shores of several European countries around the North Sea and in the Baltic; notes that the 50 year period under which such information is kept private is now finished; calls on the Government, other European countries and other responsible nations to make considerable efforts to combat the pollution that is caused by the sunken vessels which are affecting marine life around European shores; notes that the Russians are already taking action on this issue; and believes that the British Government should do likewise.

This motion has been signed by a total of 29 MPs.