individual in relation to the 2018 salisbury attack. an appalling event that shook the entire country and united are allies and condemnation. i would like to thank the opposition for their courtesy and support in allowing some of the parliamentary time to be used for the statement and the house will understand that this is an ongoing investigation. so we are limited in terms of what can be said about these three individuals. in march 2018, saga scrip pal and his daughter were poisoned with a military grade nerve agent. 0ther poisoned with a military grade nerve agent. other type developed by russia commonly known as an object. two police officers from wiltshire police involved in search the vector s homes were poisoned with the same agent. injuly 20 in a further two members of the public were found unwell in aylesbury. both of them who had been exposed another job. and tragically one of them