§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether any current or former staff of his Department have been found to have developed AIDS or antibodies to human immunodeficiency virus.
§ Mr. Eggar[pursuant to his reply, 30 March 1987, c 341–421]: I refer my hon. Friend to the answer given to him by my hon. Friend the Minister for Health on 22 April.
§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he has any plans to arrange for staff of his Department to be screened for antibodies to human immunodeficiency virus.
§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he has taken to ensure that staff of his Department are warned about those homosexual and other activities which are deemed to involved a high risk of AIDS infection.
§ Mr. Eggar[pursuant to his reply, 30 March 1987, c. 341–421]: In April 1986 the Management and Personnel Office, after consulting the chief medical officer, DHSS, circulated all Departments with guidance to managers and model notes for staff. This Department drew on those notes and on the Department of Employment-Health and Safety Executive book "AIDS and Employment" in providing notes for staff. I understand that copies of both those pieces of guidance are available in the Library of the House.