COMPENSATION TO THE VICTIMS OF SOUTH PACIFIC NUCLEAR TESTS

Early day motion 2142, tabled 11 May 2006 by Keith Vaz (Labour). Signed by 42 members.

That this House calls on the Ministry of Defence to provide fair compensation and a full apology to service veterans who were deliberately exposed to dangerous levels of radiation during a series of British nuclear tests in South Pacific during the 1950s and 1960s; notes new research carried out by Dr Al Rowland of Massey University, New Zealand, which provides further strong evidence of linkage between exposure to nuclear tests and medical conditions which developed later; and further notes that these veterans and their children have suffered from appalling medical conditions directly related to radiation poisoning over the past 50 years.

Signatures by party: Labour 26, Liberal Democrat 7, Conservative 5, Plaid Cymru 2, Scottish National Party 1, Social Democratic and Labour Party 1.