HC Deb 06 March 1979 vol 963 c635W
Ms Colquhoun

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will ensure that when it is necessary medically to examine immigrant women, in all cases where it is alien to their culture to be examined by men doctors, women doctors will be made available.

Miss Richardson

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if, when a woman passenger arrives at a port of entry and is required by the immigration officer to undergo a medical examination, she will be given the choice of being examined by a woman doctor.

Mr. Merlyn Rees

This is one of the questions to be considered in the review of medical examinations which I announced on 19 February.