United Kingdom

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SHIB   B   C   D   E   F   G   H — CBW Events

 

HSP/SHIB coding:

  • B — MILITARY OR OTHER OPERATIONAL ASPECTS OF CBW
    • B3 — Utility of CBW weapons
      • B3.4 — Clandestine (incl BW)
        • B3.4.2 — Markov murder (1978)
        • B3.4.7 — Litvinenko murder
        • B3.4.11 — Skripal poisoning
  • C — COUNTRIES AND ALLIANCES
    • C3 — Countries
      • C3(United Kingdom)
        • C3(UK)1 — National policies
          • C3(UK)1.2.1 — The CS decision
          • C3(UK)1.2.4 — Hansard etc. (now in H5.2.1.1)
            • C3(UK)1.2.4.1 — POLIS downloads
        • C3(UK)2 — Force levels, etc.
        • C3(UK)3 — CBW expenditure
        • C3(UK)4 — Administration and organisation
        • C3(UK)5 — Intelligence
        • C3(UK)6 — Police and IS forces
        • C3(UK)7 — Historical
        • C3(UK)8 — Civil defence
        • C3(UK)A — CBW technology
          • C3(UK)A1 — BW programmes
          • C3(UK)A2 — R&D programmes
            • C3(UK)A2.2 — Volunteer testing programme
          • C3(UK)A3 — Equipments
            • C3(UK)A3.1 — CW weapons
            • C3(UK)A3.2 — Protective equipments
          • C3(UK)A4 — Technology base
            • C3(UK)A4.1 — Bibliographies
        • C3(UK)B — Military attitudes
        • C3(UK)E — CBW disarmament
          • C3(UK)E1 — BWC implementation
          • C3(UK)E2 — CWC implementation
          • C3(UK)E3 — Counterproliferation
          • C3(UK)E4 — Counterterrorism
  • D — CONFLICTS
    • D2: World War I
      • D2.1 — Official histories
        • D2.1.1 — British
    • D3: Inter World War period
      • D3.2 — British Somaliland
      • D3.3 — British India, 1920s
    • D4: World War II
      • D4.1 — Consideration of use during WW2
    • D5: 1945-60
      • D5.1 — British Malaya, 1950s
      • D5.2 — Korean War, 1950-53
    • D6: Since 1960
      • D6.5 — Ulster, 1969 on
      • D6.35 — War over Kuwait, 1990-91
        • D6.35.1 – Background
        • D6.35.2 – Iraqi CBW preparedness
        • D6.35.3 – Coalition CBW preparedness
        • D6.35.4 – WHO and other international organizations
        • D6.35.5 – Subsequent UNSCOM activities
        • D6.35.6 – Gulf War Syndrome
        • D6.35.7 – Post-UNSCOM
      • D6.52 — Iraq, 2003 [see also GD.8.1]
  • E — ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT
  • F — SPECIAL TOPICS
    • F2 — Psychological, societal and cultural factors
      • F2.2 — CBW and non-governmental organisations/QANGOs
        • F2.2.2 — National NGOs
          • F2.2.2(United Kingdom)
            • F2.2.2(UK)1 – Scientists Campaign (1980-2)
            • F2.2.2(UK)2 – Working Party on CB Weapons (1982 on)
            • F2.2.2(UK)3 – British Medical Association
            • F2.2.2(UK)4 – Committee of 100, and CND
            • F2.2.2(UK)5 – Anti-vivisectionists
            • F2.2.2(UK)6 – Campaign Against CBW
            • F2.2.2(UK)7 – Royal Society of Chemistry
            • F2.2.2(UK)8 – National Peace Council
            • F2.2.2(UK)9 – Medical Association for the Prevention of War
            • F2.2.2(UK)10 – Royal Society
            • F2.2.2(UK)11 – Lancaster University CDISS
            • F2.2.2(UK)12 – Wilton Park Conferences
            • F2.2.2(UK)13 – Bradford University DPS
            • F2.2.2(UK)14 – Saferworld
            • F2.2.2(UK)15 – International Security Information Service (ISIS)
            • F2.2.2(UK)16 – VERTIC
            • F2.2.2(UK)17 – IISS
            • F2.2.2(UK)18 – GeneWatch (UK)
            • F2.2.2(UK)19 – Omega Foundation
            • F2.2.2(UK)20 – Acronym Institute
            • F2.2.2(UK)21 – Institute of Biology
            • F2.2.2(UK)22 – UK Genetics Forum
            • F2.2.2(UK)23 – Surrey University
            • F2.2.2(UK)24 – Oxford Research Group
            • F2.2.2(UK)25 – Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House)
            • F2.2.2(UK)26 – CREES Birmingham
            • F2.2.2(UK)27 – Scientists for Global Responsibility
            • F2.2.2(UK)28 – Porton Down Veteran’s Support Group
            • F2.2.2(UK)29 – BIOS Centre (LSE)
            • F2.2.2(UK)30 – Institute for Public Policy Research
            • F2.2.2(UK)31 – Bath University – Biochemsec 2030
            • F2.2.2(UK)32 – Society of Biology
            • F2.2.2(UK)33 – CBW Events
    • F6 — Elimination of CBW-weapons capability
    • F9 — The chemical industry
    • F15 — Disabling chemicals
      • F15.5 – UK state papers
    • F16 — Criminalization of CBW
      • F16.3 — National aspects
        • F16.3(United Kingdom)
  • G — RELATED TOPICS
    • GA — Scientific topics
      • GA.5 — Energy
        • GA.5.1 — Nuclear Power
          • GA.5.1.1 — Nuclear Fuel
            • GA.5.1.1.3 — Reprocessing
              • GA.5.1.1.3(UK) — in the United Kingdom [THORP &c]
    • GC — Country topics
      • GC(United Kingdom)
    • GD — Conflict topics
      • GD.5 — Enforcement of the Iraqi no-fly zones
      • GD.6 — Operation Desert Fox
      • GD.8 — Invasion of Iraq: impending
    • GF — Special topics
      • GF.14 – Dualuse technology transfers
        • GF.14.1 – Importers
          • GF.14.1.1 – Iraq
        • GF.14.2 – Exporters
          • GF.14.2.1 – UK firms
          • GF.14.2.2 – Scott Inquiry
  • H — DOCUMENTARY SOURCES
    • H3 — Material from archives
      • H3.1 — British archives
        • H3.1.1 — Public Records Office → The National Archives
        • H3.1.2 — CDE Porton [formerly H3.1.7]
        • H3.1.3 — Imperial War Museum [formerly H3.1.8]
        • H3.1.4 — Aggregations [holding for H5] [formerly H3.1.9]
          • H3.1.4.1 — CIOS [formerly H3.1.9.1]
          • H3.1.4.2 — BIOS [formerly H3.1.9.2]
        • H3.1.5 — Via Freedom of Information Act
        • H3.1.6 — KCL Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
    • H5 — Other governmental papers [incl FoIA papers]
      • H5.2 — British organs
        • H5.2.1 — Parliament
          • H5.2.1.1 — Hansard
          • H5.2.1.2 — Committee reports
          • H5.2.1.3 — House of Commons Library
          • H5.2.1.4 — Govt reports to Parliament [inc original responses to PQs]
          • H5.2.1.5 — National Audit Office
          • H5.2.1.6 — Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST)
          • H5.2.1.7 — Bills, etc
        • H5.2.2 — Administration
          • H5.2.2.0 – Cabinet Office
          • H5.2.2.1 – Ministry of Defence
            • H5.2.2.1.1 – Porton
            • H5.2.2.1.2 – Defence NBC School
            • H5.2.2.1.3 – Sutton Oak and Nancekuke
            • H5.2.2.1.4 – JACIG
            • H5.2.2.1.5 – Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA)
            • H5.2.2.1.6 – JDCC
            • H5.2.2.1.7 – DRIC
            • H5.2.2.1.8 – DSTL
          • H5.2.2.2 – BIOS
          • H5.2.2.3 – Foreign & Commonwealth Office
            • H5.2.2.3.1 – SIS
          • H5.2.2.4 – Home Office
            • H5.2.2.4.1 – Security Service (MI5)
          • H5.2.2.5 – Department of Trade & Industry / Dept. for BERR
          • H5.2.2.6 – CWC National Authority
          • H5.2.2.7 – CAMR
          • H5.2.2.8 – Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
          • H5.2.2.9 – Department of Health
          • H5.2.2.10 – Health Protection Agency
          • H5.2.2.11 – DEFRA
        • H5.2.3 Judiciary
          • H5.2.3.1 – Scott Inquiry
          • H5.2.3.2 — Hutton Inquiry
          • H5.2.3.3 — Maddison inquest, 2004
        • H5.2.4 Private UK organs
          • H5.2.4.1 – The Royal Society

 

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