§ Mr. Favellasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will institute a television advertising campaign advising the public of the danger of acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
§ Mr. NewtonWe are committed to further public education and are actively considering ways of taking this forward, including the use of television.
§ Mr. Favellasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he is proposing to introduce screening for long-term visitors to the United Kingdom from countries with a high incidence of acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
§ Mr. NewtonI refer my hon. Friend to my reply to my hon. Friend the Member for South Hams (Mr. Steen) on 24 October.
§ Mr. Favellasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he now intends to introduce regulations to make acquired immune deficiency syndrome a notifiable disease.
§ Mr. NewtonA system of voluntary reporting of cases on a confidential basis to the Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre has been established, and we have taken no decision to go beyond this.
§ Mr. Favellasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he is proposing to encourage the carrying of suitable identity cards by acquired immune deficiency syndrome virus carriers.
§ Mr. NewtonThis is a matter for individual AIDS virus carriers to decide in the light of the counselling provided by health authorities in connection with tests.